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GACE Middle Grades Social Science Practice Test

Unofficial questions on history, geography, civics and economics, ten for each of the five testlets of GACE test 707.

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Testlet 111: United States history 10

  • The 1896 ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson allowed "separate but equal" facilities. Which 1954 decision overruled that principle for public schools? U.S. National Archives, Milestone Documents, Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0002
  • After Reconstruction, which Atlanta journalist urged the South to industrialize and called the result the "New South"? Wikipedia, "Henry W. Grady". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0002
  • Georgia was founded in part as a buffer colony for the British colonies to its north. Against which neighbor was it meant to defend them? Wikipedia, "Province of Georgia". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0001
  • Georgia's county unit system gave rural counties outsized weight in primary elections. Which principle did the Supreme Court state when it struck the system down in Gray v. Sanders (1963)? Wikipedia, "County unit system". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0002
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Testlet 111: United States history, continued

  • In November and December 1864, Sherman's troops marched from Atlanta across Georgia. The capture of which port ended the campaign? Wikipedia, "Sherman's March to the Sea". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0001
  • In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), what did the Supreme Court hold about the Georgia law that barred non-Native Americans from Cherokee lands without a state license? Wikipedia, "Worcester v. Georgia". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0001
  • Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress needed money to pay the debts of the war. What was the only way it could get funds from the states? Wikipedia, "Articles of Confederation". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0001
  • Which amendment made all persons born or naturalized in the United States citizens and forbade any state to deny a person the equal protection of the laws? U.S. National Archives, The Constitution: Amendments 11-27 (Amendment XIV). Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0001
  • Which New Deal program gave unemployed young men manual jobs conserving and developing natural resources on rural lands? Wikipedia, "Civilian Conservation Corps". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0002
  • Who gave the 1895 address at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta that came to be called the Atlanta Compromise? Wikipedia, "Atlanta Exposition Speech". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 111, objective 0002

Testlet 112: World history 10

  • Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, often called the War Guilt Clause, made which country accept responsibility, with its allies, for the loss and damage of the First World War? Wikipedia, "Treaty of Versailles". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0002
  • The Berlin Wall fell in November 1989. What did its fall pave the way for in October 1990? Wikipedia, "Berlin Wall". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0002
  • Britain's First Fleet sailed for Australia in 1787. What did its eleven ships establish there? Wikipedia, "First Fleet". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0001
  • Fourteen countries met in Berlin in 1884 and 1885 and signed a General Act. Which continent's colonisation and trade did the act regulate? Wikipedia, "Berlin Conference". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0001
  • In 1947 British India was partitioned. Which new dominion was created alongside the Union of India? Wikipedia, "Partition of India". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0002
  • Maize, tomatoes and cassava reached Europe, Africa and Asia only after 1492. Which other staple crop came from the Americas in the same exchange? Wikipedia, "Columbian exchange". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0001
  • Toussaint Louverture was the most prominent leader of a revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Which nation came out of that revolution? Wikipedia, "Toussaint Louverture". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0001
  • What did the Korean Armistice Agreement of July 1953 do? Wikipedia, "Korean Armistice Agreement". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0002
  • Which empire did the expeditions of Francisco Pizarro conquer? Wikipedia, "Francisco Pizarro". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0001
  • Who became South Africa's president in 1994 after its first fully representative democratic election? Wikipedia, "Nelson Mandela". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 112, objective 0002

Testlet 113: Geography 10

  • A factory town loses its largest employer, and young adults move away to find work. In the study of migration, what is the loss of jobs called? Wikipedia, "Human migration" (Push and pull factors). Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0002
  • A lesson on Southwest Asia separates ethnic groups from religious groups. Which of these is an ethnic group? Wikipedia, "Kurds". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0002
  • Farmers in South Asia depend on a seasonal reversal of winds that brings heavy summer rain. What is this pattern called? Wikipedia, "Monsoon". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0001
  • The Georgia Ports Authority runs the state's two primary deepwater ports. One is at Savannah. Where is the other? Wikipedia, "Georgia Ports Authority". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0002
  • In Georgia, the Fall Line is the boundary between which two regions? New Georgia Encyclopedia, "Fall Line". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0001
  • In which Canadian province is French the sole official language? Wikipedia, "Quebec". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0002
  • Tankers leaving the Persian Gulf pass through which narrow waterway to reach the Gulf of Oman? Wikipedia, "Strait of Hormuz". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0001
  • Where do about 95% of Egypt's people live? Wikipedia, "Demographics of Egypt". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0002
  • Which mountain range runs along the western edge of South America and is the world's longest continental mountain range? Wikipedia, "Andes". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0001
  • Which semi-arid belt of Africa lies between the Sahara to the north and the savannas to the south? Wikipedia, "Sahel". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 113, objective 0001

Testlet 114: Civics and political science 10

  • A federal court strikes down a statute because it conflicts with the Constitution. Which 1803 decision established the courts' power to do that? Wikipedia, "Marbury v. Madison". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0002
  • A proposed amendment has been ratified by 37 states. By the National Archives' account of the process, how many more states must ratify before it joins the Constitution? U.S. National Archives, Constitutional Amendment Process. Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0002
  • A seventh grade class reads the Declaration of Independence to find where it places the source of a government's rightful authority. Which phrase does the document use? U.S. National Archives, Declaration of Independence: A Transcription. Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0001
  • Canada is a constitutional monarchy whose monarch lives in the United Kingdom. Who carries out almost all of the monarch's governmental and ceremonial duties in Canada? Wikipedia, "Monarchy of Canada". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0001
  • Congress passes a farm bill and the President vetoes it. In each house, what share of the members must vote for the bill to override the veto? U.S. National Archives, The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription (Article I, section 7). Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0002
  • Georgia's General Assembly has two chambers. How many members sit in each? Wikipedia, "Georgia General Assembly". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0002
  • In which system of government is the central government the supreme authority, able to create or abolish local units and decide their powers? Wikipedia, "Unitary state". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0001
  • Saudi Arabia's de facto constitution, the Basic Law, was adopted by royal decree in 1992. Which label does its system of government carry? Wikipedia, "Politics of Saudi Arabia". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0001
  • Voters in a parliamentary democracy elect the legislature. From what does the prime minister then draw the right to govern? Wikipedia, "Parliamentary system". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0001
  • Which list holds only freedoms named in the First Amendment? U.S. National Archives, The Bill of Rights: A Transcription (Amendment I). Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 114, objective 0002

Testlet 115: Economics 10

  • A bakery buys a delivery van and a new oven. Among the factors of production, what are these? Wikipedia, "Factors of production". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0001
  • A country spends heavily on schools, job training and health clinics. In economics, what is it investing in? Wikipedia, "Human capital". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0002
  • A country's gross domestic product is $600 billion and its population is 40 million. What is its GDP per capita? Worked from the figures in the question; GDP as defined by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0002
  • A farmers market cuts the price of peaches from $4 to $2 a pound, and nothing else changes. What does the law of demand predict? Wikipedia, "Law of demand". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0001
  • A Georgia mill sells cotton cloth to a shirt factory, and the factory sells finished shirts to shoppers. Which sale is counted in gross domestic product? Wikipedia, "Gross domestic product". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0002
  • In which economic system do central plans, rather than markets, decide what is produced and how it is distributed? Wikipedia, "Planned economy". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0001
  • Jalen can spend Saturday working a shift that pays $80 or attending a free soccer clinic. He picks the clinic. What is his opportunity cost? Wikipedia, "Opportunity cost". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0001
  • One U.S. dollar buys 18 Mexican pesos. A traveler changes $250 and pays no fee. How many pesos does she receive? Worked from the figures in the question; exchange rate as defined in Wikipedia, "Exchange rate". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0002
  • Prices across an economy rise 5% in a year while a worker's pay stays the same. What happens to the purchasing power of her pay? Wikipedia, "Inflation". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0002
  • To protect its carmakers, a country lets only 50,000 foreign cars enter each year, however many its buyers want. What is this kind of limit called? Wikipedia, "Import quota". Written to GACE Middle Grades Social Science (707) testlet 115, objective 0001

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the objectives of the GACE Middle Grades Social Science (4–8) assessment, test code 707, as its Assessment Design and Framework prints them on the GACE website of the Georgia Professional Standards Commission and Evaluation Systems, Pearson (https://www.gace.es.pearson.com/studyguide/framework/707 and https://www.gace.es.pearson.com/test/707, read 2026-10-12): five testlets of about 20 selected-response questions and 30 minutes each (111 United States History; 112 World History; 113 Geography; 114 Civics and Political Science; 115 Economics), 100 in all, each testlet with two objectives of 50%. This bank holds 10 for each testlet, five for each of the ten objectives. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 on the page named under its question: transcriptions and pages of the U.S. National Archives (the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and its amendments, the amendment process, Brown v. Board of Education), the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and Wikipedia articles. The two answers that are arithmetic were each worked a second time. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.

How it works

This GACE Middle Grades Social Science practice test asks 50 questions of our own, ten for each testlet of Middle Grades Social Science (4–8), test 707. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Georgia Professional Standards Commission or Pearson.

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The five testlets

United States History (111), World History (112), Geography (113), Civics and Political Science (114) and Economics (115) each have about 20 questions and a 30-minute clock. Each has two objectives of equal weight, and this bank asks five questions on each.

Georgia in the questions

The framework aligns its objectives with Georgia's social studies standards for grades 4 to 8. Nine questions are set in Georgia: the colony's founding, the March to the Sea, the county unit system, the Fall Line, the ports and the General Assembly among them.

Sources and timing

Answers on the founding documents quote National Archives transcriptions; the rest name a Wikipedia article or another public page. The timed test gives 75 minutes for the 50 questions.

  • With about 20 questions a testlet, each of the ten objectives is worth about ten questions on the real assessment: split study time evenly.

Questions and answers

Are there GACE practice tests for middle school social studies?

This one follows GACE Middle Grades Social Science (4–8), test 707, the middle school social studies assessment on Georgia's list. Its 50 questions are our own and are not the real test.

Is there a GACE study guide for Middle Grades Social Science?

Yes. The GACE website has a study guide for test 707 with the framework of each of the five testlets. None of the questions here is taken or reworded from its sample questions.

How many questions are on the GACE Middle Grades Social Science test?

100 selected-response questions in five testlets. The clocks total 2 hours 30 minutes, and each testing session adds 15 minutes for a tutorial and a nondisclosure agreement.

Can you take the GACE Middle Grades Social Science testlets separately?

Yes. You may sign up for any combination of the testlets, all five included, in one testing session. Each scored testlet is banked, and passing takes an assessment-level score of 220 or higher and the floor on each testlet.

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