A historian argues that cheap western land, not a European inheritance, made American politics democratic and individualist. Whose interpretation is she following?Wikipedia, "Frontier thesis". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0001
A list of propositions offered for debate in 1517 attacked the sale of indulgences. Which movement is dated from it?Wikipedia, "Ninety-five Theses". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0003
A student is researching daily life in a Union army camp. Which item is a secondary source?Wikipedia, "Secondary source". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0001
After 1492, ships carried plants and animals in both directions across the Atlantic. What was one effect on Europe, Africa and Asia?Wikipedia, "Columbian exchange". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0003
Archaeologists date the first farming villages to the Neolithic period. Which change followed directly from growing crops and keeping herds?Wikipedia, "Neolithic Revolution". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0002
The Byzantine emperor Justinian I ordered a work that was enacted between 529 and 534. What was it?Wikipedia, "Corpus Juris Civilis". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0002
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Domain I: Historiography and world history, continued
From June 1948 to May 1949, American and British aircraft carried food and fuel into the Allied sectors of Berlin. What had made the flights necessary?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Berlin Airlift, 1948-1949". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0004
German resentment of the Treaty of Versailles centered on Article 231. What part did that article play in the reparations bill?Wikipedia, "Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0004
Historians of China use the term "dynastic cycle". What pattern does the term describe?Wikipedia, "Dynastic cycle". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0001
In 1324 the ruler of the Mali Empire, Mansa Musa, made a journey that drew the attention of the wider Muslim world to his kingdom's gold. What was the journey?Wikipedia, "Mansa Musa". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0002
In 1868 the Tokugawa shogunate fell and power returned to the emperor. By what name is this turning point known?Wikipedia, "Meiji Restoration". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0003
Which event of 1994 marked the end of apartheid in South Africa?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The End of Apartheid". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0004
Domain II: U.S. history 12
A 1935 law often called the Wagner Act protected which right of workers in private industry?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "National Labor Relations Act (1935)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0008
A person born in Ohio in 1870 to formerly enslaved parents was a citizen of the United States. Which part of the Constitution made this certain?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights (1868)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0006
A president's annual message of 1823 warned Europe against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere. By what name is the policy known?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Monroe Doctrine (1823)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0006
A restaurant refuses to serve Black customers. Which federal law of the 1960s made the refusal illegal by banning discrimination in public places?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Civil Rights Act (1964)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0008
At the Constitutional Convention, large and small states split over representation. What did the Connecticut Compromise settle?Wikipedia, "Connecticut Compromise". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0005
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was a first in federal law. In what way?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0007
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills. Which of these did it include?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Compromise of 1850 (1850)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0006
In his Atlanta address of 1895, what course did Booker T. Washington propose for Black southerners?Wikipedia, "Atlanta Exposition Speech". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0007
In March 1947 President Truman asked Congress to aid Greece and Turkey. Which wider commitment did his request announce?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones, "The Truman Doctrine, 1947". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0008
Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630s. Which principle did the settlement he founded at Providence put into practice?Wikipedia, "Roger Williams". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0005
Which change to the Constitution, ratified in 1913, was a goal of Progressive reformers who wanted voters to have more direct power?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (1913)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0007
Why did the Stamp Act of 1765 provoke wider protest in the colonies than earlier trade duties had?Wikipedia, "Stamp Act 1765". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0005
Domain III: Geography and culture 9
A drought ruins harvests for three years, and families leave the region. In the study of migration, what is the drought?Wikipedia, "Human migration". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0011
A gazetteer lists a town by its latitude and longitude. Which of the five themes of geography does that entry apply?Wikipedia, "Five themes of geography". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0009
Buddhism began in India and reached China by way of merchants and monks on the Silk Road. Which geographic concept does this illustrate?Wikipedia, "Silk Road transmission of Buddhism". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0011
The coast of Norway is cut by long, narrow sea inlets with steep sides, called fjords. Which process carved their valleys?Wikipedia, "Fjord". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0010
Demographers sort population pyramids into three types. Which type is narrowed at the bottom, a sign of a low birth rate and an older population?Wikipedia, "Population pyramid". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0009
In the demographic transition model, birth rates begin to fall in Stage 3. Which change does the model link to that fall?Wikipedia, "Demographic transition". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0011
Navigators long preferred the Mercator projection even though it distorts area. What made it useful at sea?Wikipedia, "Mercator projection". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0009
Panama joins North and South America and separates two oceans. Which landform is it?Wikipedia, "Isthmus". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0010
Which two gases, released when fossil fuels burn, are the main cause of acid rain?U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "What is Acid Rain?". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0010
Domain IV: Government 9
A legislature draws a district shaped like a long, bent strip so that one party's voters are packed into it. What is this practice called?Wikipedia, "Gerrymandering". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0012
A president returns a bill to Congress with objections, and the House passes it again by two-thirds. What must still happen for the bill to become law?National Archives, "The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription", Article I, Section 7. Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0014
A state taxes the notes of a bank that Congress has chartered. Under McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), why does the tax fail?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0013
The Declaration of Independence says governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed". Which earlier work argued that government requires such consent?Wikipedia, "Two Treatises of Government". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0012
How does a parliamentary system differ from the presidential system of the United States?Wikipedia, "Parliamentary system". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0012
In many states, citizens who dislike a law the legislature has just passed can gather signatures to put that law to a vote of the people. What is this process called?Wikipedia, "Initiatives and referendums in the United States". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0014
The Senate tries a federal judge whom the House has impeached, and 60 of the 100 senators present vote to convict. What is the result?United States Senate, "About Impeachment". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0014
Under Article II, Section 1 of the Ohio Constitution, where is the legislative power of the state vested?Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 1. Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0013
Why did the Congress of the Articles of Confederation struggle to pay its debts and settle trade disputes among the states?National Archives, Milestone Documents, "Articles of Confederation (1777)". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0013
Domain V: Economics 6
A factory installs robots, and its welders cannot find work because employers now want programmers. Which type of unemployment is this?Wikipedia, "Structural unemployment". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0016
A student can spend Saturday working for $80, studying for a test or going to a concert. She studies, and working was her second choice. What is the opportunity cost of studying?Wikipedia, "Opportunity cost". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0015
In one day a worker in country A can make 10 shirts or 5 radios, and a worker in country B can make 4 shirts or 4 radios. According to comparative advantage, what should country B export?Wikipedia, "Comparative advantage". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0016
Inflation is running well above target. Which action would the Federal Reserve be most likely to take?Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, "Monetary Policy: What Are Its Goals? How Does It Work?". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0016
Rent control is an example of which kind of price control, and what does it tend to cause when the legal rent is below the market rent?Wikipedia, "Price ceiling". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0015
Which feature sets an oligopoly apart from both a monopoly and perfect competition?Wikipedia, "Oligopoly". Written to OAE Integrated Social Studies (025) framework, competency 0015
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the assessment framework for Ohio Assessments for Educators field 025, Integrated Social Studies, read 2026-10-12 on the program's site (https://www.oh.nesinc.com/CONTENT/STUDYGUIDE/OH_SG_OBJ_025.htm; test page https://www.oh.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/OH025_TestPage.html): 150 multiple-choice questions in 180 minutes, passing score 220; Historiography and World History (competencies 0001 to 0004, 25%), U.S. History (0005 to 0008, 25%), Geography and Culture (0009 to 0011, 19%), Government (0012 to 0014, 19%) and Economics (0015 to 0016, 12%). The bank holds 3 questions for each of the 16 competencies. Every fact was read on 2026-10-12 in the public page the question names: the Milestone Documents and the Constitution transcription of the National Archives, the Milestones of the State Department's Office of the Historian, Senate.gov, the Federal Reserve Board, the EPA, the Ohio Constitution on codes.ohio.gov and the named Wikipedia article. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
This free Ohio OAE social studies practice test follows Integrated Social Studies (025), the 7–12 content assessment: 48 questions of our own. It is unofficial and not affiliated with the Ohio State Board of Education or Evaluation Systems, Pearson.
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What Integrated Social Studies (025) covers
The framework at oh.nesinc.com, read October 12, 2026, weighs Historiography and World History 25%, U.S. History 25%, Geography and Culture 19%, Government 19% and Economics 12%. This bank holds 12, 12, 9, 9 and 6 questions. The Government set includes the Ohio Constitution, which the framework names.
Timing
The real assessment allows 3 hours after a 15-minute tutorial, 1.2 minutes a question. Exam mode asks the 48 here in 58 minutes, the same pace.
Read the documents
Many explanations name a page of the National Archives, the State Department's Office of the Historian, the Senate or the Federal Reserve. The framework names many of those documents and court cases, so open the page after a miss.
The test page lists no reference materials, so the dates, documents and court cases must come from memory.
Questions and answers
Is this social studies OAE practice test free?
Yes, with no account and no fee. All 48 questions are ours, written from the published framework. None comes from the real assessment or its sample questions.
How many questions are on the OAE Integrated Social Studies test?
150 multiple-choice questions and no essay. The test page says an assessment can contain questions under evaluation for future use that do not affect your score.
What is the passing score for OAE Integrated Social Studies?
220. Scores run from 100 to 300, the State Board of Education sets the minimum, and the total depends on how many multiple-choice questions are answered correctly.
Is OAE 025 the same as Middle Grades Social Studies?
No. The program's license table pairs Integrated Social Studies (025) with the Adolescence to Young Adult (7–12) license. Middle Grades Social Studies is test 031, listed for Social Studies (4–9).