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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. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






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






4. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






6. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






7. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






8. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






9. Curbed States' Rights






10. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






11. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






14. Having industries for the machine production of goods






15. This is also referred to as a city






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






17. A government that elects its leaders






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






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






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






21. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






22. Pride in ones country






23. Who opposed the Constitution?






24. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






26. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






28. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






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






32. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






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






34. All things that surround us.






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






36. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






39. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






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






43. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






45. First representative assembly in American






46. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






48. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






49. Complaints






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