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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. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






2. This is also referred to as a city






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






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






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






19. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






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






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






22. Curbed States' Rights






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Having to do with one's own homeland






28. Making goods out of the home






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






30. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






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






32. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






33. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






34. Involving other countries






35. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






37. First organizing of 13 colonies.






38. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






39. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






40. First representative assembly in American






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






42. Average number of years people live






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






44. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






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






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






47. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






48. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






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






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