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






2. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






4. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






6. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






8. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






9. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






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






11. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






12. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






13. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






14. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






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






16. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






17. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






19. Average income per person






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






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






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






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






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






25. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






27. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






30. Pride in ones country






31. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






32. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






33. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






34. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






35. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






36. Movement of people from on country or location to another






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






38. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






39. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






40. Who opposed the Constitution?






41. Average number of years people live






42. Limited the power of the King in 1215






43. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






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






47. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






48. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






49. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






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