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






2. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






3. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






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






5. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






7. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






8. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






10. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






12. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






14. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






15. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






16. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






17. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






18. 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.






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






20. Curbed States' Rights






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






22. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






23. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






24. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






27. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






28. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






29. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






30. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






31. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






33. Established Judicial Review.






34. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






36. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






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






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






39. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






41. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






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






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






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






45. This is also referred to as a city






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






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






48. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






50. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece