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






3. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






4. All things that surround us.






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






6. Pride in ones country






7. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






8. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






9. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






10. Split in the church






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






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






13. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






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






16. Movement of people from on country or location to another






17. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






18. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






20. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






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






22. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






23. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






24. Belief in one god






25. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






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






28. Member of a country.






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






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






31. These slow down movement/migration






32. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






33. Complaints






34. An official change to a law or document of government.






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






36. 1st written constitution






37. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






38. Average income per person






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






44. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






45. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






46. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






48. Having industries for the machine production of goods






49. 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.






50. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.