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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. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






3. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






4. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






5. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






6. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






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






8. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






9. King/queen who has unlimited power






10. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






11. This is also referred to as a city






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






13. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






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






15. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






17. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






20. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






21. Government ruled by a few powerful people






22. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






23. 1st written constitution






24. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






26. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






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






28. Pride in ones country






29. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






30. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






31. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






33. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






35. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






36. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






37. Average number of years people live






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






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






40. Mass production of food






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






42. To officially approve.






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






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






45. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






46. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






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






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






49. 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.






50. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)