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






3. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






4. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






5. Split in the church






6. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






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






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






9. Tax on imports and exports.






10. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






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






12. These slow down movement/migration






13. King/queen who has unlimited power






14. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






15. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






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






17. Established Judicial Review.






18. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






20. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






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






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






23. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






24. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






25. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






26. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






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






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






30. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






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






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






33. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






34. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






35. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






36. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






37. Modern Constitution






38. First representative assembly in American






39. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






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






41. Average income per person






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






43. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






44. To officially approve.






45. 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






46. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






47. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






48. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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