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






2. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






4. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






5. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






6. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






7. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






8. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






9. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






11. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






12. These slow down movement/migration






13. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






14. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






15. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






16. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






18. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






20. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






22. Exchange of goods and services.






23. Making goods out of the home






24. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






33. Split in the church






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






35. Belief in one god






36. To officially approve.






37. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






39. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






40. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






41. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






42. Movement of people from on country or location to another






43. Pride in ones country






44. People who settle and live in a colony






45. Separate is not equal in public Schools






46. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






47. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






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






49. Curbed States' Rights






50. Modern Constitution