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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. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






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






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






5. King/queen who has unlimited power






6. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






9. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






10. Belief in one god






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






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






13. A government that elects its leaders






14. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






15. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






16. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






17. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






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






21. Split in the church






22. Established Judicial Review.






23. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






24. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






25. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






26. First organizing of 13 colonies.






27. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






28. Complaints






29. Pride in ones country






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






31. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






32. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






33. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






35. To officially approve.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






42. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






43. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






44. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






45. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






46. Having industries for the machine production of goods






47. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






48. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






49. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






50. Mass production of food