Unofficial questions for Oklahoma's OSAT World History/Geography test, field 118: world history first, then geography, Oklahoma's included.
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A king's minister taxes imports heavily and rewards exports, so that resources build up inside the country. Which economic policy is this?Wikipedia, Mercantilism, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0006
A student of the Black Death reads a diary kept in Florence in 1348 and a textbook chapter printed in 2019. How are the two classed as sources?Wikipedia, Primary source, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0001
After Muhammad's death one group held that he had appointed no successor and had left the choice of leader to the community. By what name did that group come to be known?Wikipedia, Shia–Sunni relations, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0004
An essay condemns a medieval king for ignoring human rights, a standard of the writer's own day. Which fault of historical analysis is this?Wikipedia, Presentism (historical analysis), lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0001
Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in the United Kingdom. Which of these did its People's Charter call for?Wikipedia, Chartism, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0008
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Subarea I: World history, continued
The founders of the Han and Ming dynasties were men of common origins, yet both were seen as holding the Mandate of Heaven. On what did keeping the Mandate depend?Wikipedia, Mandate of Heaven, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0003
From June 1948 to September 1949 the Western Allies flew supplies to the people of West Berlin. What had the Soviet Union done?Wikipedia, Berlin Blockade, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0010
Gandhi led the 24-day Salt March in 1930. Against what was it a campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest?Wikipedia, Salt March, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0010
The Great Leap Forward set out to turn China from an agrarian society into an industrialized one through people's communes. What did it cause?Wikipedia, Great Leap Forward, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0010
In Athenian democracy, what happened to a citizen who was ostracized?Wikipedia, Ostracism, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0002
In the fifth century BC one Greek city-state came to dominate its allies in war and in trade. Which term names the predominance of one state over other states?Wikipedia, Hegemony, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0001
In The Social Contract of 1762, what does Rousseau say alone has the right to legislate?Wikipedia, The Social Contract, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0007
Magna Carta of 1215 made promises to the church and to the rebel barons. Which of these did it promise?Wikipedia, Magna Carta, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0004
The Pax Romana lasted roughly 200 years. Whose rise traditionally marks its start, and whose death its end?Wikipedia, Pax Romana, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0002
The Peace of Augsburg rested on the principle "whose realm, his religion." What did it allow the princes of the Holy Roman Empire to do?Wikipedia, Peace of Augsburg, Overview. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0005
The Treaty of Nanking of 1842 ended the First Opium War. What did the Qing government agree to do with Hong Kong Island?Wikipedia, Treaty of Nanking, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0008
The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 drew a meridian 370 leagues west of the Cape Verde islands. Between which two crowns did it divide newly discovered lands?Wikipedia, Treaty of Tordesillas, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0006
What became of the Ghana Empire in the thirteenth century, after centuries of prosperity?Wikipedia, Ghana Empire, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0003
What did the secret protocol of the 1939 pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union establish?Wikipedia, Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0009
What does Mary Wollstonecraft argue in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman?Wikipedia, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0007
Which book, published in 1543, set out a model of the universe with the Sun and not Earth at its center?Wikipedia, Nicolaus Copernicus, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0005
Which government's economic and political difficulties, compounded by the encroachment of foreign powers, lay at the origins of Japan's Meiji Restoration?Wikipedia, Meiji Restoration, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0008
Which record-keeping device of the Inca Empire was made of knotted cords?Wikipedia, Quipu, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0003
Which Soviet victory ended Germany's 1942 summer offensive and is generally regarded as the pivotal turning point of the war in Europe?Wikipedia, Battle of Stalingrad, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0009
Which two churches broke communion in the schism of 1054?Wikipedia, East–West Schism, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0004
Which Venezuelan officer, known as the Liberator, led what are now Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela to independence from Spain?Wikipedia, Simón Bolívar, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0007
Whose rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with starting the Italian Renaissance of the fourteenth century and founding Renaissance humanism?Wikipedia, Petrarch, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0005
Why did many German commentators view Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles as a national humiliation?Wikipedia, Article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0009
Why did the Achaemenid Empire rebuild the Royal Road from Susa to Sardis?Wikipedia, Royal Road, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0002
With what did the encomienda reward Spain's conquistadors in the sixteenth century?Wikipedia, Encomienda, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0006
Subarea II: Geography 20
A coastal state lacks full sovereignty in its exclusive economic zone. What does it hold there?Wikipedia, Exclusive economic zone, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0013
A geographer measures forest loss from satellite images and never visits the forest. Which term means acquiring information about an object without physical contact with it?Wikipedia, Remote sensing, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0011
A long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides fills a valley that a glacier once cut. What is this landform called?Wikipedia, Fjord, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0014
The area a city newspaper serves is tied together by flows that are strong inside it and weak across its edge. Which type of region is that?Wikipedia, Region, Human geography. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0012
In Stage 3 of the demographic transition, what happens to birth rates?Wikipedia, Demographic transition, Overview. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0013
In which kind of state is the central government the supreme authority, able to create or abolish administrative divisions?Wikipedia, Unitary state, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0013
The Köppen climate classification divides climates into five main groups, each with a letter. Which group is the arid climates?Wikipedia, Köppen climate classification, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0014
Napoleon's army left Moscow in the autumn of 1812. Which geographic factor complicated its retreat as early November arrived?Wikipedia, French invasion of Russia, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0012
Oklahoma tends to slope gradually downward from its western boundary to its eastern one. Where is its highest point, Black Mesa?Wikipedia, Geography of Oklahoma, Topography. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0015
On a thematic map each country is redrawn so that its size is in proportion to its population. What is this kind of map called?Wikipedia, Cartogram, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0011
The Ring of Fire is a belt of earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean. Which process created it?Wikipedia, Ring of Fire, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0014
The three-sector model sorts economies by activity. Which sector is the service industries?Wikipedia, Three-sector model, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0013
Trade between two cities falls off as the distance between them grows. Which geographic term describes this effect?Wikipedia, Distance decay, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0012
What did the U.S. Supreme Court hold in McGirt v. Oklahoma in 2020?Wikipedia, McGirt v. Oklahoma, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0015
What is the contour interval of a topographic map?Wikipedia, Contour line, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0011
Which inland waterway starts at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa and runs southeast through Oklahoma and Arkansas to the Mississippi River?Wikipedia, McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0015
Which measure divides a population by its area of arable land and so shows the pressure on the land available for farming?Wikipedia, Physiological density, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0012
Which strip of land, a mix of prairie, savanna and woodland, runs from southeastern Kansas across central Oklahoma to central Texas?Wikipedia, Cross Timbers, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0015
Why did the Aral Sea, which lies between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, begin shrinking in the 1960s?Wikipedia, Aral Sea, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0014
Why did the Mercator projection become the standard map projection for navigation in the eighteenth century?Wikipedia, Mercator projection, lead. Written to the OSAT World History/Geography (118) framework, competency 0011
How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to the test design and framework of Oklahoma Subject Area Tests field 118, World History/Geography, in the study guide on the Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators website (https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/Content/StudyGuide/OK_SG_OBJ_118.htm, copyright 2022 Office of Educational Quality and Accountability and Pearson Education, Inc.; test page https://www.ceoe.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/OK118_TestPage.html, read 2026-10-15): 80 selected-response questions and 1 constructed-response assignment in 4 hours, passing score 240; selected response weighs World History (competencies 0001 to 0010) 51% and Geography (0011 to 0015) 34%, and the constructed response (0016) 15%. The bank holds 50: 30 and 20, three for each world history competency and four for each geography competency. Every fact was read in the Wikipedia article named under its question. Licence: Questions, choices and explanations are original work of this site.
How it works
A free, unofficial OSAT World History Geography practice test: 50 questions of our own on World History/Geography, field 118. Oklahoma's Office of Educational Quality and Accountability and Pearson give the real test, and this site is not affiliated with either.
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OSAT World History/Geography (118): two selected-response subareas
The framework on the CEOE site, read October 15, 2026, weighs World History at 51% of the test, ten competencies, and Geography at 34%, five. This bank holds 30 history questions, three to a competency, and 20 geography questions, four to a competency.
Oklahoma inside a world test
Geography competency 0015 is Oklahoma's own: its landforms, regions, climate, resources and peoples. Its four questions ask where Black Mesa stands, what the Cross Timbers are, where the Arkansas River navigation system begins and what McGirt v. Oklahoma held.
The written assignment
The last 15% is a constructed-response assignment: design instruction toward a standards-based learning goal in social studies. It has no counterpart among these 50 questions.
Competency 0001 is method, not dates. Its three questions here: telling a primary source from a secondary one, naming hegemony, catching presentism.
Questions and answers
How many questions are on the OSAT World History/Geography test?
Field 118 has 80 selected-response questions and one constructed-response assignment, by the test page. Testing time is 4 hours, after 15 minutes for a tutorial and nondisclosure agreement.
What is the passing score for OSAT World History/Geography?
The test page sets it at 240. The written assignment is part of that score, so a round here ends in a count of right answers and no verdict.
What is on the OSAT World History/Geography (118) test?
Historical method; the ancient Mediterranean; Asian, African and American civilizations; the Middle Ages; Renaissance and Reformation; European expansion; the Age of Revolution; the nineteenth century; the world wars; the years since 1945. Then maps and tools, geographic inquiry, human systems, physical systems and Oklahoma.
Is OSAT World History/Geography the same as the OSAT history test?
No. U.S. History/Oklahoma History/Government/Economics is a separate test on the CEOE list, field 117. Field 118 is world history and geography, and its one Oklahoma competency is on the state's physical features and how they shaped its development.