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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. 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






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






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






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






5. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






6. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






7. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






8. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






10. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






11. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






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






13. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






15. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






16. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






17. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






20. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






21. To officially approve.






22. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






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






24. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






26. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






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






28. Modern Constitution






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






30. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






33. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






34. Tax on imports and exports.






35. Exchange of goods and services.






36. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






38. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






39. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






40. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






41. Belief in one god






42. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






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






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






47. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






48. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






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