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






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






3. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






4. Pride in ones country






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






6. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






7. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






8. A government that elects its leaders






9. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






10. President of the United States during the Civil War






11. All things that surround us.






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






13. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






14. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






15. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






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






17. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






18. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






19. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






22. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






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






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






25. An official change to a law or document of government.






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






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






28. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






29. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






30. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






31. Government ruled by a few powerful people






32. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






33. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






36. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






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






38. Mass production of food






39. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






40. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






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






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






45. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






46. 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.






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






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






49. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






50. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.