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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. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Making goods out of the home






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






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






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






13. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






14. Pride in ones country






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






16. Involving other countries






17. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






19. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






21. Who opposed the Constitution?






22. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






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






24. Mass production of food






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






26. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






27. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






28. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






29. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






30. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






31. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






32. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






33. People who settle and live in a colony






34. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






36. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






37. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






38. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






39. Belief in one god






40. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






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






42. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






44. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






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






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






47. 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.






48. Separate is not equal in public Schools






49. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






50. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights