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Praxis Social Studies Exam: Geographic Content
The document provides information about the content areas covered on the Praxis Social Studies exam, with an emphasis on geographic content. It outlines 15 areas of geography that are assessed on the exam, including understanding map types and projections, spatial patterns, ecosystems, human-environment interactions, agriculture, development and more. Test questions are designed to evaluate a candidate's knowledge of these geographic concepts and their ability to apply spatial thinking skills. The exam aims to demonstrate a teacher's preparedness to understand and teach required social studies content across disciplines using geographic perspectives.
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- 1. Preparing to TeachSocialPreparing to Teach Social Studies: Geographic ContentStudies: Geographic Content for the Praxis Examfor the Praxis Exam
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- 3. Social Studies PraxisExam: About This Test • Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary for a beginning secondary social studies teacher. • Understand and apply social studies knowledge, concepts, methodologies, and skills across the fields. A number of the questions are interdisciplinary.
- 4. 130 Multiple ChoiceQuestions • 60 percent knowledge, recall, and/or recognition questions • 40 percent higher-order thinking questions. • Some based on interpreting materials – written passages, maps, charts, graphs, cartoons, diagrams, & photos. • 10 -15 percent of the questions contain content reflecting the diverse experiences of people in the U.S. as related to gender, culture, and/or race, and/or content relating to Latin America, Africa, Asia, or Oceania.
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- 6. I. Understands maptypes and projections and is able to acquire, organize, and analyze information from a spatial perspective Mapping Map Projections
- 7. I. Understands maptypes and projections and is able to acquire, organize, and analyze information from a spatial perspective spatial mapping map projections
- 8. II. Is familiarwith the use of mental maps to organize spatial information Mental maps
- 9. III. Knows howto recognize and interpret spatial patterns (e.g., population density, literacy rates, infant mortality) presented at different scales from local to global
- 10. Which is thebest map? A B C D
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- 14. IV. Knows howto locate and use sources of geographic data (e.g., Census Bureau, Population Reference Bureau) statistics GIS geospatial census
- 15. V. Understands spatialconcepts (e.g., location, place, region) and knows how to apply them to interpret data location place regions
- 17. What name wouldyou use to describe these beverages?
- 19. Multiple layers onthe landscapeMultiple layers on the landscape
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- 22. Messages of culturallandscapes?
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- 24. VI. Understands howphysical processes, climate patterns, and natural hazards affect human societies disastersphysicalweather and climate
- 26. VII. Knows thecharacteristics and spatial distribution of Earth’s ecosystems ecology
- 28. VIII. Understands theinterrelationships of humans and their environments environment depend environment adapt environment modify
- 30. IX. Understands renewableand nonrenewable natural resources resources
- 32. X. Understands spatialpatterns of cultural (e.g., ethnic, linguistic, religious) and economic activities culture ethnicity language religion economic
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- 40. XI. Understands patternsof migration (internal and international) and settlement (urban and rural) migration rural Providence County Newport County
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- 44. XII. Understands thedevelopment and changing nature of agriculture (e.g., genetically modified crops, agribusiness, biotechnologies) agriculture GMOs agribusiness.
- 45. Subsistence – predominantlylow-income regions Intensive subsistence – subtropical monsoon areas Shifting cultivation – tropical forests & savannas Nomadic herding – semiarid and arid lands Commercial – predominantly high-income regions Crop farming – more humid climates Livestock ranching - drylands
- 46. Von Thünen Model Fig.10-13: Von Thünen’s model shows how distance from a city or market affects the choice of agricultural activity in (a) a uniform landscape and (b) one with a river.
- 47. XIII. Knows contemporarypatterns and impacts of development, industrialization, and globalization. development industry globalization
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- 53. XIV. Understands demographicpatterns (e.g., composition, density, distribution) and demographic change population density
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- 57. XV. Knows basicconcepts of political geography, including borders, state formation, and contemporary areas of conflict Political borders states conflict
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