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






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






3. King/queen who has unlimited power






4. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






5. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






6. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






7. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






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






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






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






11. These slow down movement/migration






12. Movement of people from on country or location to another






13. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






15. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






17. Belief in one god






18. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






19. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






20. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






22. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






24. Member of a country.






25. Having industries for the machine production of goods






26. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






27. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






28. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






29. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






32. Average number of years people live






33. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






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






35. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






36. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






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






40. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






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






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






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






44. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






45. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






46. 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.






47. Complaints






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






49. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






50. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?