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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. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






3. An official change to a law or document of government.






4. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






5. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






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






7. Separate is not equal in public Schools






8. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






11. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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






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






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






16. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






18. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






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






20. Curbed States' Rights






21. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






22. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






23. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






24. All things that surround us.






25. Mass production of food






26. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






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






28. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






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






30. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






31. Pride in ones country






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






33. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






34. Exchange of goods and services.






35. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






37. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






38. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






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






41. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






42. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






43. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






49. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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