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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. Member of a country.






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






3. These slow down movement/migration






4. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






5. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. King of England during the American Revolution.






22. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






23. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






24. Split in the church






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






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






27. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






33. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






35. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






36. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






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






38. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. All things that surround us.






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






48. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






49. Separate is not equal in public Schools






50. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers