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






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






9. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






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






11. Pride in ones country






12. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






13. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






14. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






15. 1st written constitution






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






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






18. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






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






21. Established Judicial Review.






22. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






23. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






24. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






26. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






27. Exchange of goods and services.






28. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






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






30. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






31. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






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






35. All things that surround us.






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






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






38. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






39. First representative assembly in American






40. 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.






41. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






42. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






44. King/queen who has unlimited power






45. 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






46. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






47. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






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






49. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






50. King of England during the American Revolution.