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






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






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






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






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






10. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






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






12. This is also referred to as a city






13. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






14. 1st written constitution






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






16. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






17. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






18. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






19. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






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






23. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






24. Belief in many gods






25. Mountains - deserts and oceans






26. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






27. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






28. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






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






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






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






32. Pride in ones country






33. People in a society that are willing and able to work






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






35. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






36. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






37. Making goods out of the home






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






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






40. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






41. 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






42. First representative assembly in American






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. Separate is not equal in public Schools






50. Modern Constitution