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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. 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






2. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






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






4. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






5. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






6. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






7. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






10. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






12. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






13. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






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






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






16. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






19. Economic thinker that developed communism






20. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






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






23. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






24. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






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






26. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






29. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






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






31. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






32. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






33. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






35. To officially approve.






36. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






37. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






38. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






39. Separate is not equal in public Schools






40. Tax on imports and exports.






41. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






43. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






44. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






47. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






49. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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