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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






2. Tax on imports and exports.






3. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






4. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






5. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






6. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






7. Belief in many gods






8. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






9. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






10. King of England during the American Revolution.






11. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






12. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






13. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






14. Complaints






15. Officially ended the American Revolution






16. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






17. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






18. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






19. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






20. Modern Constitution






21. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






22. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






23. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






24. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






25. Established Judicial Review.






26. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






27. An official change to a law or document of government.






28. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






29. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






30. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






31. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






32. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






33. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






34. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






35. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






36. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






37. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






38. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






39. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






40. Economic thinker that developed communism






41. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






42. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






43. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






44. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






45. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






46. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






47. President of the United States during the Civil War






48. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






49. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






50. Making goods out of the home