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






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






3. Mass production of food






4. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






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






6. 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






7. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






8. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






10. Making goods out of the home






11. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






12. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






14. Split in the church






15. Member of a country.






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






17. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






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






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






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






21. A government that elects its leaders






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






27. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






28. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






32. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






34. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






37. Established Judicial Review.






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






39. Average number of years people live






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






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






42. These slow down movement/migration






43. First representative assembly in American






44. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






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






46. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






50. Upheld the idea of separated but equal