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






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






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






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






5. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






6. King/queen who has unlimited power






7. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






8. Involving other countries






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






10. 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.






11. Officially ended the American Revolution






12. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






13. 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.






14. Exchange of goods and services.






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






16. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






17. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






18. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






19. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






20. 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






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






22. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






23. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






24. Having industries for the machine production of goods






25. Belief in one god






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






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






28. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






29. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






30. Curbed States' Rights






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






32. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






33. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






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






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






36. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






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






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






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






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






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






42. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






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






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






46. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






48. Making goods out of the home






49. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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