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






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






3. Mass production of food






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






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






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






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






8. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






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






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






11. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






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






15. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






16. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






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






18. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






19. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






20. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






21. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






22. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






23. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






24. Curbed States' Rights






25. 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






26. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






27. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






28. Limited the power of the King in 1215






29. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






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






32. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






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






34. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






35. 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.






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






37. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






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






39. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






40. President of the United States during the Civil War






41. Complaints






42. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






43. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






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






45. Exchange of goods and services.






46. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






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






48. 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






49. A government that elects its leaders






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