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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 right to vote and the exercise of that right.






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






3. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






4. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






6. All things that surround us.






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






8. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






9. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






10. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






11. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






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






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






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






16. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






17. 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






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






19. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






25. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






26. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






27. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






28. 1st written constitution






29. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






30. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






31. Limited the power of the King in 1215






32. 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.






33. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






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






35. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






37. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






38. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






39. Mass production of food






40. Tax on imports and exports.






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






42. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






43. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






44. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






46. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






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






49. Belief in one god






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