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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 spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






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






4. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






6. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






7. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






9. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






10. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






12. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






14. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






16. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






18. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






20. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






21. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






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






23. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






24. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






25. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






27. Having industries for the machine production of goods






28. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






29. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






30. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






31. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






33. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






34. President of the United States during the Civil War






35. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






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






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






38. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






40. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






41. This is also referred to as a city






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






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






49. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






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