Social Studies: Grade 11 (2024)

This source is about climate change in the early twenty-first century.

The changing climate has serious implications for farmers. The warming climate has extended the length of the growing season because there are more frost-free days. While a longer growing season may seem like a good thing, it presents problems such as an increase in invasive species and a shift in where farming can take place. Other issues farmers will need to contend with include more severe storms and differences in precipitation as some regions experience heavier rains while others experience increased drought.
—based on “Length of Growing Season,” Environmental Protection Agency, August 2016, and “Climate Solutions,” U.S. Department of Agriculture, c. 2020

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Which proposed solution would be best for U.S. farmers to implement?

They should move to areas unaffected by the longer growing season.

They should search for new crops that thrive at lower temperatures.

They should adopt new practices to accommodate weather extremes.

They should reduce pesticide use during the longer growing season.

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Which statement describes one way that events in world history had an impact on Kentuckians living in coal-mining regions between 1914 and 1945?

Decreased demand for factory labor because of an economic depression led to more people working in coal mines.

Increased demand for soldiers because of U.S. involvement in a war led to the collapse of coal-mining towns.

Decreased agricultural production because of an economic depression caused people to seek work in coal mines.

Increased industrial production because of U.S. involvement in a war caused an expansion of the coal-mining industry.

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Which headline best indicates how fiscal policy can be used to encourage the growth of an industry?

New Legislation Increases Carbon Tax for Factories

Consumers Receive Tax Incentive for Adding Solar Energy

Tax Revenue to Be Used for Environmental Protection Zone

New Corporate Tax to Be Used for Wildlife Protection

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Analyze each source and then answer the questions that follow.

While you are analyzing the sources, think about the compelling question “When should individual rights be limited?”

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Analyze these sources about search and seizure in order to investigate the compelling question “When should individual rights be limited?”

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Read the question carefully. Then enter your answer in the space provided.
Using your knowledge of checks and balances, evaluate the following claim.
Claim: The principle of checks and balances makes it harder for the government to violate the rights of individuals.
In your response, use evidence from multiple sources to support or refute the claim. Explain your answer in at least two sentences.

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Social Studies: Grade 11 (2024)

Which proposed solution would be best for U.S. farmers to implement?

Which statement describes one way that events in world history had an impact on Kentuckians living in coal-mining regions between 1914 and 1945?

Which headline best indicates how fiscal policy can be used to encourage the growth of an industry?

Which proposed solution would be best for U.S. farmers to implement?

Which statement describes one way that events in world history had an impact on Kentuckians living in coal-mining regions between 1914 and 1945?

Which headline best indicates how fiscal policy can be used to encourage the growth of an industry?

Which claim about technological innovation is best supported by evidence in the sources?

How do U.S. Supreme Court decisions help protect individual rights?

Which claim best uses the sources to answer the supporting question “How have U.S. Supreme Court decisions about the Fourth Amendment affected individual rights?”

How can another branch of government take action against a Supreme Court decision that limits individual rights?

Which claim about technological innovation is best supported by evidence in the sources?

How do U.S. Supreme Court decisions help protect individual rights?

Which claim best uses the sources to answer the supporting question “How have U.S. Supreme Court decisions about the Fourth Amendment affected individual rights?”

How can another branch of government take action against a Supreme Court decision that limits individual rights?