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






2. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






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






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






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






6. All things that surround us.






7. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






8. Mass production of food






9. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






10. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






11. First organizing of 13 colonies.






12. The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.






13. Mountains - deserts and oceans






14. To officially approve.






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






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






17. Pride in ones country






18. Belief in one god






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






20. Split in the church






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. Complaints






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






29. First representative assembly in American






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






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






32. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






34. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






35. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






36. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






38. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






39. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






40. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






41. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






42. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






45. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






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






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






50. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.