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A Northern city of the 1930s had no law separating the races, yet custom and private owners kept restaurants and neighborhoods segregated. Which term names segregation of this kind?Wikipedia, Racial segregation in the United States, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0003
American Indian farmers grew the Three Sisters together as companion plants. Which three crops are the Three Sisters?Wikipedia, Three Sisters (agriculture), lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0001
At the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848, which demand did Elizabeth Cady Stanton add to the resolutions read to the delegates?Wikipedia, Seneca Falls Convention, First day. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0002
Besides admitting Missouri and Maine together, what did the Missouri Compromise do in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory?National Archives, Milestone Documents, Missouri Compromise (1820). Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0002
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Subarea I: U.S. history, continued
In which 1942 battle were all four Japanese fleet carriers present sunk, a result widely considered a turning point in the Pacific War?Wikipedia, Battle of Midway, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0003
In Worcester v. Georgia (1832) the Supreme Court struck down a Georgia statute applied on Cherokee lands. The opinion is considered to have laid the foundations of which doctrine?Wikipedia, Worcester v. Georgia, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0002
James Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, hoped the colony would resettle which people from Britain?Wikipedia, James Oglethorpe, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0001
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 took the position that which federal laws were unconstitutional?Wikipedia, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0002
News of which American victory reached Paris in December 1777 and decided the French foreign minister in favor of an alliance with the United States?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones 1776 to 1783, French Alliance, French Assistance, and European Diplomacy. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0001
The People's Party of the 1890s, known as the Populists, is best described in which way?Wikipedia, People's Party (United States), lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0003
What was the Middle Passage?Wikipedia, Middle Passage, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0001
What were the two main parts of the Union's Anaconda Plan?Wikipedia, Anaconda Plan, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0002
Which event of October 1957 triggered the start of the Space Race?Wikipedia, Sputnik 1, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0003
Why does the Mayflower Compact of 1620 count as an early step toward self-government?Wikipedia, Mayflower Compact, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0001
Subarea II: Geography and culture 13
A county covers 1,200 square miles and has 96,000 residents. What is its population density?CEOE study guide, field 127, test framework. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0005
About 90% of the world's earthquakes occur within one belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. Which ocean does that belt, the Ring of Fire, surround?Wikipedia, Ring of Fire, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0004
According to NOAA, global sea level is rising mostly because of which two things?NOAA Climate.gov, Climate Change: Global Sea Level. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0006
During the Dust Bowl, President Roosevelt ordered the Civilian Conservation Corps to plant the Great Plains Shelterbelt. What was this belt of more than 200 million trees meant to do?Wikipedia, Dust Bowl, Government response. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0006
Farmers in mountain regions cut flat surfaces into hillsides, one above another, to grow crops such as rice. What is this modification of the land called?Wikipedia, Terrace (earthworks), lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0006
The fundamental practices of which religion are known as its Five Pillars, among them the profession of faith, prayer, almsgiving, fasting and pilgrimage?Wikipedia, Five Pillars of Islam, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0005
The Human Development Index, which geographers use to compare regions, summarizes achievement in three dimensions. Which list has them?United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Reports, Human Development Index (HDI). Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0005
More and more of a country's people leave the countryside to live and work in its cities and towns. What is this population shift called?Wikipedia, Urbanization, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0005
On a map with a scale of 1:100,000, two towns are 5 centimeters apart. How far apart are they on the ground?Wikipedia, Scale (map), lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0004
Speakers of many different first languages in East Africa use Swahili to deal with one another. What is a language used in this way called?Wikipedia, Lingua franca, lead and Swahili. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0005
The western slopes of a coastal range are green, while the land just east of the crest is desert. The prevailing winds blow from the west. What explains the desert?Wikipedia, Rain shadow, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0004
Which human activity has been identified as the primary cause of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?Wikipedia, Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0006
Which landform is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger areas across water that would otherwise separate them?Wikipedia, Isthmus, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0004
Subarea III: Government and civics 14
A country's king is head of state, but he exercises authority under a constitution and does not make decisions alone. Which system of government is this?Wikipedia, Constitutional monarchy, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0007
A man charged with a felony in a state court cannot afford a lawyer and asks the judge to appoint one. Which 1963 Supreme Court decision requires the state to provide one?Wikipedia, Gideon v. Wainwright, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0009
In his Farewell Address of 1796, which forces did George Washington warn threatened the stability of the Republic?United States Senate, Washington's Farewell Address. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0008
In McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the Supreme Court found Congress's power to charter a national bank implied by which clause of the Constitution?National Archives, Milestone Documents, McCulloch v. Maryland (1819). Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0009
The plan that gave states equal votes in the Senate and seats by population in the House is called the Great Compromise. By what other name is it known?United States Senate, The Senate and the Constitution, Equal State Representation. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0008
Registering for military service is a duty the law places on some residents. Who must register with the Selective Service System?Selective Service System, Who Needs to Register. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0009
Running public schools is not a power the Constitution delegates to the federal government. Which amendment reserves such powers to the states or to the people?National Archives, The Bill of Rights: A Transcription, Amendment X. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0009
The Second Continental Congress sent the Olive Branch Petition to King George III in July 1775. What became of it?U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Milestones 1776 to 1783, Continental Congress. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0008
Tribal nations govern themselves within the borders of the United States. By which term does the federal government currently recognize them?Wikipedia, Tribal sovereignty in the United States, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0007
Which founding document says that when a government becomes destructive of people's unalienable rights, "it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it"?National Archives, Declaration of Independence: A Transcription. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0008
Which international organization rests on the principle that an armed attack against one member shall be considered an attack against them all?North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Collective defence and Article 5. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0007
Which of these purposes of government is stated in the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution?National Archives, The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription, Preamble. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0009
Which principle holds that a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political legitimacy?Wikipedia, Popular sovereignty, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0007
Why did American colonists of the Revolutionary era look back to Magna Carta?National Archives, Featured Documents, Magna Carta. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0008
Subarea IV: Economics and world history 11
A new study makes blueberries far more popular, while growers bring the same crop to market. In a market economy, what happens to the price and to the quantity sold?Wikipedia, Supply and demand, Demand curve shifts. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0010
At the Congress of Vienna of 1814 to 1815, the negotiators did more than restore old boundaries. What did they aim for in resizing the main powers of Europe?Wikipedia, Congress of Vienna, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0012
The Code of Hammurabi, the longest and best-preserved legal text of the ancient Near East, comes from which civilization?Wikipedia, Code of Hammurabi, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0011
Economists commonly name four basic factors of production. Which list gives them?Wikipedia, Factors of production, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0010
In one year a country sells $180 billion of goods and services abroad and buys $165 billion from abroad. What is its balance of trade?CEOE study guide, field 127, test framework. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0010
Japan industrialized rapidly and took up Western ways in an era that began in 1868. Which event, restoring imperial rule, opened that era?Wikipedia, Meiji Restoration, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0012
Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses of 1517, which opened the Protestant Reformation, were written as a disputation on what subject?Wikipedia, Ninety-five Theses, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0011
On 26 December 1991 a state was formally dissolved after all 15 of its union republics had broken away. Which state was it?Wikipedia, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0012
On his hajj of 1324, Musa of Mali gave away so much gold in one city along the way that its value there is said to have been noticeably affected. Which city was it?Wikipedia, Mansa Musa, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0011
Which act of the English Parliament set limits on the monarch's powers and established rights of Parliament such as regular parliaments and free elections?Wikipedia, Bill of Rights 1689, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0011
Which measure is the total market value of all the final goods and services produced in a country during a year?Wikipedia, Gross domestic product, lead. Written to the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies (127) framework, competency 0010
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test design and framework of Oklahoma Subject Area Tests field 127, Middle Level Social Studies, in the study guide on the Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators website (https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/Content/StudyGuide/OK_SG_OBJ_127.htm, copyright 2021 Office of Educational Quality and Accountability and Pearson Education, Inc.; test page https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/OK127_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-15): 80 selected-response questions and 1 constructed-response assignment in 4 hours at a test center or 3 hours with an online proctor, passing score 240; selected response weighs U.S. History (competencies 0001 to 0003) 23%, Geography and Culture (0004 to 0006) 21%, Government and Civics (0007 to 0009) 23% and Economics and World History (0010 to 0012) 18%, and the constructed response (0013) 15%. The bank holds 52: 14, 13, 14 and 11. Every fact was read on the public page named under its question: the National Archives, the Office of the Historian of the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Senate, the Selective Service System, NOAA's Climate.gov, the United Nations Development Programme, NATO, the framework itself and the named Wikipedia articles. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
These 52 questions of our own rehearse the multiple-choice part of OSAT Middle Level Social Studies, field 127. The page is unofficial; the test's owners, the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability and Pearson, are not connected with it.
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How field 127 divides
U.S. History and Government and Civics each weigh 23% of the test, Geography and Culture 21%, and Economics and World History 18%, by the framework read October 15, 2026. The bank answers with 14, 14, 13 and 11 questions.
Named in the framework, asked here
Its descriptors name the Three Sisters, Worcester v. Georgia, the Dust Bowl and indigenous sovereignty, and each is asked here. The founding-era questions quote the National Archives, the Senate and the State Department's historians.
The lesson-design assignment
On this CEOE version the last 15% is written: designing instruction toward a standards-based learning goal in social studies. It cannot be rehearsed by multiple choice and is left out.
The test page lets candidates choose this test or the National Evaluation Series version, and says to ask the educator preparation program which to take.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies test?
Field 127 has 80 multiple-choice questions and one written assignment. The clock gives 4 hours in a test center and 3 hours under an online proctor, after a 15-minute tutorial in both cases.
What is the passing score for OSAT Middle Level Social Studies?
240 is the passing score printed on the test page. Because the lesson-design assignment is scored into it, the result here is a count of correct answers, without a pass or fail.
What is on the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies test?
U.S. history from the colonies to the present; physical and human geography and the environment; forms of government, the founding and the Constitution; economics; and world history from Mesopotamia to the end of the Cold War.
Can I take the OSAT Middle Level Social Studies test at home?
Yes. The test page offers online proctoring in one-week windows each month, with no breaks allowed, alongside year-round appointments at test centers in Oklahoma and nationwide.