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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. King/queen who has unlimited power






2. Complaints






3. Separate is not equal in public Schools






4. These slow down movement/migration






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






6. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






8. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






10. Modern Constitution






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






12. Established Judicial Review.






13. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






15. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






17. This is also referred to as a city






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






19. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






20. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






21. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






23. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






24. Belief in many gods






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






26. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






32. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






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






35. Having to do with one's own homeland






36. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






37. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






39. Mass production of food






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






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






42. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Making goods out of the home






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






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