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






2. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






4. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






5. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






6. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






7. 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






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






9. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






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






11. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






12. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






13. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






14. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






15. Government ruled by a few powerful people






16. Exchange of goods and services.






17. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






20. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






21. Limited the power of the King in 1215






22. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






23. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






24. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






25. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






26. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






27. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






28. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






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






30. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






31. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






32. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






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






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






35. Split in the church






36. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






37. Belief in many gods






38. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






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






40. Average number of years people live






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






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






43. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






44. Officially ended the American Revolution






45. All things that surround us.






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






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






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






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






50. King of England during the American Revolution.