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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. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Mass production of food






7. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






9. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






10. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






11. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






12. Belief in many gods






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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






19. Average number of years people live






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






21. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






22. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






23. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






26. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






27. Curbed States' Rights






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






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






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






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






32. 1st written constitution






33. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






34. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






36. These slow down movement/migration






37. Established Judicial Review.






38. Movement of people from on country or location to another






39. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






40. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






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






42. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






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






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






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






46. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






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






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






49. Split in the church






50. Involving other countries