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






2. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






3. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






4. Belief in many gods






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






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






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






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






9. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






10. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






11. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






12. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






13. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






14. Having to do with one's own homeland






15. Exchange of goods and services.






16. Complaints






17. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






20. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






21. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






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






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






24. Who opposed the Constitution?






25. Tax on imports and exports.






26. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






27. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






28. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






29. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






30. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






31. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






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






33. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






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






35. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






38. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






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






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






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






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






43. 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






44. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






45. Split in the church






46. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






47. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






49. 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.






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