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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. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






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






3. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






4. All things that surround us.






5. People who settle and live in a colony






6. Having industries for the machine production of goods






7. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






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






15. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






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






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






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






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






20. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






21. A government that elects its leaders






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






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






24. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






25. Belief in one god






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. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






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






29. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






31. First representative assembly in American






32. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






33. Curbed States' Rights






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






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






36. To officially approve.






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






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






39. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






40. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






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






42. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






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






44. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






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






47. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






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






49. Involving other countries






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