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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. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






2. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






4. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






5. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






6. Split in the church






7. Economic thinker that developed communism






8. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






9. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






11. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






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






13. Tax on imports and exports.






14. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






15. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






17. Complaints






18. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






19. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






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






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






22. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






23. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






24. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






25. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






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






27. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






28. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






29. Making goods out of the home






30. Established Judicial Review.






31. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






32. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






33. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






35. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






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






37. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






38. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






39. King of England during the American Revolution.






40. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






41. 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






42. Who opposed the Constitution?






43. 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






44. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






45. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






46. People who settle and live in a colony






47. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






48. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






49. Average income per person






50. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.