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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. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






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






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






7. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






8. A government that elects its leaders






9. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






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






11. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






12. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






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






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






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






16. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






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






20. Member of a country.






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






22. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






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






24. Modern Constitution






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






26. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






27. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






28. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






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






30. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






31. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






32. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






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






34. Complaints






35. 1st written constitution






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






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






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






39. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






42. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






43. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






44. Pride in ones country






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






46. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






48. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






49. Average number of years people live






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