How to Help your Child Succeed on the LEAP

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How to Help your Child Succeed on the LEAP

• Social Studies

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Social Studies Topics that are covered on the LEAP

• American History
• Louisiana History
• World History
• Civics (Government)
• Economics
• World Geography
• The biggest portion of the test that has the
  most questions

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Types of questions on the Social Studies Portion

• There are 3 sections to the Social Studies
  portion
• Multiple Choice (2)
• Constructed Response (1)
• Higher-order thinking questions
• For example Why did this happen? Explain your
  answer.
• Interpretation of map, graph, or chart
• Political cartoon

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American History

• The U.S. Declaration of Independence
• included all of the following except
• A. all men are created equal.
• B. Government by consent of the
• governed.
• C. life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
  
• as unalienable rights.
• D. promoting justice and ensuring the
• common defense.

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Read the following passage and answer the
questions that follow. We hold these truths to
be self-evident That all men are created equal
that they are endowed by the Creator with certain
unalienable rights that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to
secure these rights, governments are instituted
among men deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed that, whenever any form
of government becomes destructive of these ends,
it is the right of the people to alter or to
abolish it, and to institute a new government.
The primary author of this document was A.
George Washington B. John Marshall C. Robert
E. Lee D. Thomas Jefferson
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Louisiana History

• During the antebellum period, Louisianas economy
  was based on which industry?
• A. Oil
• B. Lumber
• C. Cotton
• D. Fishing

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• How did the invention of the cotton gin affect
• Southern cotton planters?
• A. It increased the amount of cotton that
  could
• be grown on a given amount of land.
• B. It reduced the amount of labor needed to
• remove the seeds from a pound of
  cotton.
• C. It decreased the number of slaves on the
• plantations throughout the South.
• D. It enabled farmers to grow cotton in all
  
• regions of the South.

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World History

• Cro-Magnon people of the Old Stone Age were more
  advanced than earlier Neanderthal people in all
  of the following ways, except
• A. They made spears and harpoons for weapons
• B. They sewed animal skins for clothing
• C. They carved figures from clay and bone
• D. They settled in villages and cities

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World History

• Read the following facts about three different
  lands. Then choose the best generalization for
  the set of facts.
• The facts
• In ancient Sparta, boys began training as
  soldiers at the age of seven.
• In battle, a Spartan was expected to win or die.
• A woman whose son died in battle was the most
  respected of women.
• Which is the best generalization from the above
  set of facts?
• A. Respect for individual freedom was
  strong in Sparta.
• B. Military strength was important in
  Sparta life.
• C. The Spartans probably loved stories of
  adventure and
• romance.
• D. The Spartans were pacifists.

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Civics/Government

• Which of the following is a principal
  responsibility of a legislator?
• A. Interpret the U.S. Constitution
• B. Introduce bills that become laws
• C. Conduct a civil or criminal trial
• D. Appoint members of the court

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Civics/Government

• All of the following are powers of the president
  of the United States, except
• A. Declaring war
• B. Negotiating a treaty
• C. Appointing an ambassador
• D. Giving diplomatic recognition to a
• country

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Economics

• What exists when our wants are greater than the
  available resources?
• A. A surplus
• B. Capital
• C. Human capital
• D. Scarcity

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Economics

• Which of the following is a long-term benefit of
  graduating from high school?
• A. High school graduates have more human
  
• capital to use in the economy.
• B. All high school graduates have large
  
• amounts of capital resources.
• C. If you graduate from high school, you
  will
• not have to make choices.
• D. High school graduates to work harder
  in the
• economy.

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• What is likely to happen if the price of hotdogs
  goes up?
• A. Consumers will buy fewer hotdogs.
• B. Consumers will buy fewer
• hamburgers.
• C. Producers will offer fewer hotdogs
  for
• sale.
• D. Producers will produce a greater
• variety of foods

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World Geography

• People from many different countries live in New
  York City. Children speaking many different
  languages attend its public schools. This is many
  because New York City
• A. Has an efficient transportation system
• B. Has a higher wage rate than other United
• States cities
• C. Is a port of entry for people from
  other parts
• of the world
• D. Is the site of the United Nations
• headquarters

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