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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. President of the United States during the Civil War






11. Curbed States' Rights






12. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






13. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






14. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






15. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






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






17. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






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






19. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






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






21. Having to do with one's own homeland






22. People who settle and live in a colony






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






24. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






25. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






27. 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.






28. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






30. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






32. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






35. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






37. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






38. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






40. Mass production of food






41. Split in the church






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






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






44. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






45. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






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






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






48. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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