Praxis Middle School Social Studies 5089 Study Guide 2026–2027 | 200 Practice Questions

Prepare for the Praxis® Middle School: Social Studies (5089) test with a complete study guide organized around the ETS content categories. Each chapter condenses U.S. history, world history, government and civics, geography, and economics into clear explanations, timelines, comparison tables, landmark-case charts, map-skill diagrams, and key-concept boxes, and a full section prepares you for the three short content essays that make up 25% of your score.

This 150-page digital guide pairs a focused content review with two 100-question practice tests of exam-level questions, so you can practice reading primary-source excerpts, maps, charts, and data tables the way the test presents them.

What's Inside

• An overview of the current test: 90 selected-response questions and 3 short content essays in 2 hours, the category weights (19/15/14/14/13% plus 25% essays), scaled scoring, state-set qualifying scores, fees, and retakes
• United States History: Indigenous peoples and contact, colonial regions, the Revolution and Constitution, the early republic, expansion and sectional crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction, industrialization and the Progressive Era, the world wars, the Cold War, civil rights, and major themes
• World History: river-valley and classical civilizations, world religions, trade networks, the early modern world, revolutions, nationalism and imperialism, the world wars, and the post–Cold War world
• Government and Civics: founding principles, federalism, the three branches, landmark Supreme Court cases, rights and citizenship, elections, and comparative government
• Geography: map types and projections, latitude, longitude and time zones, landforms and climate, population and migration, culture and diffusion, urban and political geography, world regions, and human–environment interaction
• Economics: scarcity and opportunity cost, supply and demand, market structures, GDP, unemployment and inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, trade and comparative advantage, and personal finance
• Short Content Essays: essay formats, the 0–3 scoring guide, a five-step writing method, model responses, and practice prompts
• Four-, eight-, and twelve-week study plans, FAQs, test-taking strategies, a final review checklist, and recommended resources
• 2 practice tests (200 questions, 4 answer choices each) weighted like the real test's five categories, about half built on documents, maps, charts, and tables, plus a separate answer key explaining every answer

Format

• Instant digital download (PDF), 8.5 × 11 in
• Clickable table of contents
• Print it or study on a tablet, laptop, or phone

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