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






2. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






3. Mass production of food






4. Tax on imports and exports.






5. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






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






8. Complaints






9. Pride in ones country






10. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






11. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






12. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






13. All things that surround us.






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






15. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






17. A government that elects its leaders






18. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






21. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






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






23. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






32. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






33. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






34. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






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






36. Average income per person






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. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






50. Belief in one god