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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. 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






2. First representative assembly in American






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






4. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






5. Complaints






6. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






8. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






9. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






11. Pride in ones country






12. 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






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






14. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






15. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






16. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






17. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






18. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






19. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






20. 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






21. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






22. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






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






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






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






26. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






28. Involving other countries






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






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






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






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






33. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






34. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






36. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






37. First organizing of 13 colonies.






38. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






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






40. Split in the church






41. Curbed States' Rights






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






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






44. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






45. Belief in one god






46. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






49. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






50. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?