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MTEL History Test Breakdown

US History has six subareas with a total of 37 to 39 questions and counts 30percent of the final score.

1. Indigenous Societies of North America, European Exploration and Colonial Societies to 1760: politics, economics and culture of native Americans; English, Spanish and French exploration, immigration and settlement; relationship between native Americans and Europeans; regional divisions; ethnic and religious diversity in the colonies; political and economic relations with Europe; intellectual heritage; and growing social and political differences with England.
2. The Revolutionary War through the Jacksonian Era: political, economic and social developments; causes, events, issues and interests of the revolution; conflicts about sovereignty, leaders, events and turning points in the war; the Articles of Confederation and ratification of the US constitution; political and economic development in the new republic; rise of popular politics during Jackson’s time; and antebellum reform movements.
3. Westward Expansion, The Civil War and Reconstruction: events and issues related to moving west’ Manifest Destiny; differences between northern and southern economic systems and ways of life and sources of conflict, succession, leaders, events, strategies, battles and turning points in the Civil War; reconstruction; and the Compromise of 1877.
4. US History from 1877 to 1920: political, economic, social and cultural developments; continued westward movement’ industrialization, business and labor issues and practices; internal and external immigration and urbanization; contributions of various immigrant groups; Populism and the agricultural crisis; the Progressive Movement; Civil Rights; and developments in the art and literature.
5. Emergence of the US as a World Power 1898 to the Present: events, issues and developments related to expansionism; causes, consequences and key events of World War I and World War II; Cold War foreign policy and its impact on US politics; Korea, Vietnam and the Cuban missile crisis; and foreign policy after the Cold War ended.
6. US History from 1920 to the Present: political, economic, social and cultural developments of the 1920s; Prohibition, the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal’ organized labor; major developments after World War II; John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and political liberalism; The Vietnam War; conservative movement and Reagan Revolution; impact of Latino growth; and developments in science, medicine and mass culture.

World History has seven subareas with a total of 30 to 32 questions and counts 25percent of the final score.

1. Prehistory to A.D. 500: human origins and early societies; politics, economics and culture of early Africa, India, Middle East and China’ slavery, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism and Christianity and the institutions; and cultures and legacies of ancient Israel, Greece and the Roman Republic and Empire.
2. Agricultural and Commercial Civilizations from 500 to 1500: the Byzantine Empire; origins of Islam and the consequences of its expansion; international slave trade, European feudalism and manorialism; the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages; the Crusades, medieval towns, guilds and commerce; European government in the Middle Ages; and significant developments in and between Asia, Africa and the Americas.

3. The Global Age 1450 to 1750: political, economic, social and cultural developments; causes, discoveries and consequences of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Age of Exploration and the discovery of the New World; absolute monarchies and constitutional governments in Europe; the Ottoman Empire; and developments in African, Asian and American civilizations.
4. The Age of Revolutionary Change 1700 to 1914: political, economic, social and cultural developments’ scientific discoveries; the Age of Enlightenment; causes and consequences of the French and American revolutions and the agricultural and industrial revolutions; spread of democratic ideas beyond Europe and America; developments in art and literature; democratic and social reform and the growth of nationalism in Europe; and the events, causes and consequence of the new imperialism.
5. The Era of The Great Wars 1900 to 1945: political, economic, social and cultural developments, causes, events and consequences of World War I, Lenin, the Russian Revolution and the rise of communism; economic, political and social consequences of the Great Depression; Mussolini and the rise of fascism; collapse of the Weimer Republic; Hitler and the rise of Nazism; origins, consequences, leaders and deciding factors of World War II; the Holocaust, reconstruction and reform in postwar Europe and Japan; and the political, military, economic and social effects of the world wars.
6. Developments from 1945 to the Present: political, economic, social and cultural developments, causes, events and consequences of the Cold War; decolonization and national independence movements; Mao Zedong and the Chinese Revolution; the Korean and Vietnam Wars; changes in Latin America; developments in art, music, literature and philosophy; causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its empire; nationalism and conflict since the Cold War ended; and global economic changes since 1945.
7. Science and Technology: impact on the development of civilization; major scientific and technological discoveries; advances and inventions; social, cultural, political and economic influences; scientific revolutions in the 17th and 20th centuries; causes and consequences of agricultural, industrial and information revolutions; contributions of major scientific thinkers; the scientific method; philosophy of science; contemporary issues; and how science and technology is dealing with ecological problems.

Geography, Government and Economics has four subareas with a total of 30 to 32 questions and counts 25percent of the final score.

1. Physical Features of the World: impact on the development of civilizations; shape, location and relationship of land masses, bodies of water and major landforms; basic geographic terms and concepts; atlases and almanacs; the multiple uses for maps and how geographic factors influence human settlement; historical events; and political, economic and cultural developments.
2. Political Science: terms, concepts, theories and characteristics; forms and purposes of government; evolution of political thought and how historical events impact its development; and definitions, characteristics and comparisons of different forms of government.
3. The U.S Political System: origin and development of democratic and constitutional government; the Declaration of Independence; the US Constitution and the Federalist Papers; local, state and federal structures and functions; electoral system; role of political parties and interest groups; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
4. The US Economic System: major theories, theorists and concepts; definitions and characteristics of various economic systems; components of the US system; role of government and factors that impact American producers; and consumers in the global marketplace.

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