Practice EOC Exam Answers/Explanations & EOC Reviews

Practice Civics EOC Exam Answers & Explanations

1st Semester EOC Review

2nd Semester EOC Review

REMINDER - ALL EOC REVIEWS ARE DUE THE DAY OF EACH PERIOD'S EOC (LISTED BELOW)


MONDAY (MAY 5TH) - PERIOD 8B

TUESDAY (MAY 6TH) - PERIOD 5B

WEDNESDAY (MAY 7TH) - PERIOD 3A

THURSDAY (MAY 8TH) - PERIOD 7B

FRIDAY (MAY 9TH) - PERIODS 1A & 2A

Civics EOC Update & EOC Review Due Dates

The Civics EOC dates for each class are listed below.  Students will be taking their tests in the morning each day (not during their scheduled class time).  Both the 1st and 2nd semester EOC Review sheets will now be due the day of each period's test. All students are receiving their 2nd semester review today and tomorrow (4/28 & 4/29).

MONDAY (MAY 5TH) - PERIOD 8B

TUESDAY (MAY 6TH) - PERIOD 5B

WEDNESDAY (MAY 7TH) - PERIOD 3A

THURSDAY (MAY 8TH) - PERIOD 7B

FRIDAY (MAY 9TH) - PERIODS 1A & 2A

EOC Review Questions

All students should have received and started working on their 1st Semester EOC Review questions.  This will be worth a total of 50 points.  Once these questions are finished, students will receive their 2nd Semester EOC Review questions, which will also be worth a total of 50 points.  

It is extremely important for both your Civics EOC preparation and 4th quarter grade that these assignments are completed.  Students will be given time to work on these questions in Civics class, but will also need to spend some time working on these questions at home.  The Civics End of Course Exam will be one of the first EOC's we take this year (May 5th-May 9th), so all students need to be putting forth a full effort on both their EOC Review assignments.

Both the 1st and 2nd Semester EOC Review Questions will be due on Friday, 5/2 (B-Day) & Monday, 5/5 (A-Day).

Political Process Centers

Due to an adjusted schedule for testing this week, students are receiving a total of 6 assignments to work on for their political parties test.  All A-Day student received their assignments today (4/14) and all B-Day students will receive their assignments tomorrow (4/15).

All 6 of these assignments will be due on Monday, 4/21 (A-Day) and Tuesday, 4/22 (B-Day).  Please remember to put all of the assignments in a folder when they are turned in.

4/21 (A-Day) and 4/22 (B-Day) will also be the same day that we take our LAST test on political parties. After the political parties test, we'll be reviewing for our EOC test scheduled for the week of May 5th-9th.

Foreign Policy Recycling & Political Parties Classwork

• Students that scored below a 70% (34/50 or below) on their Foreign Policy test will receive a recycling packet on Thursday, 4/10 (A-Day) & Friday, 4/11 (B-Day).  The packet will be due on Monday, 4/14 (A-Day) & Tuesday, 4/15 (B-Day).  This will provide all students a full weekend to complete their recycling.
• All students received a vocabulary builder assignment on Political Parties (Chapter 10 & 11) after taking their Foreign Policy test.  This assignment will be due for a classwork grade on Wednesday, 4/9 (B-Day) & Thursday, 4/10 (A-Day).

Foreign Policy Test

Our Foreign Policy test will be on Monday, 4/7 (B-Day) and Tuesday, 4/8 (A-Day).  All students should have received their study guide on Wednesday & Thursday.  For students that were absent or may have misplaced their study guide, it is pasted below.  Remember to use ALL of the resources available to you to study (online textbook, scenario handouts, completed assignments).  As always, failing grades (below 70%) will be eligible for recycling.

Foreign Policy Study Guide

Resources to use:

Read Chapter 8, Lesson 3 & Study 5 Review Questions and Guided Reading---Foreign Policy Notes---                                              8 War & Conflict Scenarios---Review U.S. Diplomat Assignment---Review Chapter 25

Diplomacy 101 Website – http://diplomacy.state.gov/discoverdiplomacy/diplomacy101/

1.       Compare the differences between U.S. domestic & foreign policy?

2.       What is the mission of the U.S. Department of State?  What cabinet position is at the head of this department?

3.       What are 5 categories of foreign policy carried out by the U.S. Department of State?

4.       Define ambassador:

5.       Who is in charge of appointing all U.S. ambassadors?

6.       Who must then approve all of these appointments?

7.       Define embassy:

8.       Explain how the legislative branch checks the executive branch when it comes to signing treaties.

9.       Explain the purpose of the following international organizations:

a.       UN:

b.      UNICEF:

c.       NATO:

d.      NAFTA:

10.   What 3 countries make up NAFTA?

11.   What are the four main goals of foreign policy?

12.   Who in the U.S. has the power to declare war?

13.   Who is in charge of the U.S. military?

14.   What three reasons caused the U.S. to get involved in WWI?

15.   What one major reason caused the U.S. to get involved in WWII?

16.   Why was the Bay of Pigs Invasion such a disaster?

17.   What type of government does North Korea have?  What type of government does South Korea have?

18.   Why doesn’t the U.S. recognize the governments of countries like Cuba & North Korea?

19.   Which country placed missiles in Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis and why?

20.   How did President Carter attempt to solve the Iran hostage crisis?  Did it work?

21.   Why did the U.S. launch Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War I?

22.   What did President Bush accuse Iraq of doing that led to the Iraq War (Gulf War II)?

23.   How did the result of Gulf War I lead to the beginning of the Iraq War (Gulf War II)?