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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. Making goods out of the home






2. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






4. Having industries for the machine production of goods






5. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






6. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






7. First representative assembly in American






8. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






9. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






10. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






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






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






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






14. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






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






16. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






17. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






19. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






20. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






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






22. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






23. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






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






27. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






30. People who settle and live in a colony






31. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






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






33. Tax on imports and exports.






34. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






35. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






37. Average income per person






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






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






40. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






41. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






42. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






43. All things that surround us.






44. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






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






48. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






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