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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. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






2. Economic thinker that developed communism






3. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






4. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






5. Involving other countries






6. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






7. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






8. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






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






10. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






11. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






12. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






13. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






14. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






15. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






16. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






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






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






19. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






20. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






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






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






23. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






24. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






25. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






26. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






27. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






28. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






29. 1st written constitution






30. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






31. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






32. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






33. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






34. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






36. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






37. People in a society that are willing and able to work






38. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






39. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






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






41. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






42. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






44. Established Judicial Review.






45. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






46. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






47. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






48. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






49. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






50. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.