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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. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






2. King/queen who has unlimited power






3. Who opposed the Constitution?






4. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






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






6. First organizing of 13 colonies.






7. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






8. 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.






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






10. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






11. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






12. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






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






15. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






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






17. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






18. Limited the power of the King in 1215






19. 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.






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






21. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






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






23. Having industries for the machine production of goods






24. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






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






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






27. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






30. A government that elects its leaders






31. Separate is not equal in public Schools






32. 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






33. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






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






35. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






36. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






37. Curbed States' Rights






38. Modern Constitution






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






40. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






41. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






42. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






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






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






45. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






46. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






47. Split in the church






48. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






49. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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