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






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






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






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






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






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






7. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






8. Officially ended the American Revolution






9. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






11. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






14. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






15. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






17. 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






18. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






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






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






21. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






22. Complaints






23. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






25. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






26. To officially approve.






27. 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






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






29. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






32. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






34. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






36. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






37. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






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






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






41. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






42. Pride in ones country






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






44. Split in the church






45. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






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






48. First representative assembly in American






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. Member of a country.