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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. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






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






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






4. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






7. First organizing of 13 colonies.






8. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






9. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






11. All things that surround us.






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






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






14. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






15. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






16. Average income per person






17. 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






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






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






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






21. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






24. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






25. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






26. Complaints






27. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






28. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






29. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






30. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






32. Belief in many gods






33. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






35. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






36. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






37. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






38. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






40. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






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






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






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






45. Average number of years people live






46. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






47. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






48. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






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






50. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans