Test your basic knowledge |

TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






3. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






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






5. Average income per person






6. Who opposed the Constitution?






7. Government ruled by a few powerful people






8. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






9. All things that surround us.






10. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






11. Split in the church






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






13. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






15. 1st written constitution






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






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






18. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






20. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






21. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






22. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






25. Modern Constitution






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






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






28. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






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






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






31. Having to do with one's own homeland






32. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






33. 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






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






35. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






37. Belief in one god






38. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






40. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






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






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






44. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






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






46. Officially ended the American Revolution






47. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






48. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






49. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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