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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. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






2. King of England during the American Revolution.






3. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






4. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






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






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






8. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






9. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






10. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






13. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






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






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






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






19. Separate is not equal in public Schools






20. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






21. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






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






23. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






24. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






25. Pride in ones country






26. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






27. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






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






31. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






32. 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.






33. Split in the church






34. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






35. A government that elects its leaders






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






37. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






38. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






39. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






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






42. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






43. Mass production of food






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code