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






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






3. Split in the church






4. This is also referred to as a city






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






6. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






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






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






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






11. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






12. Belief in one god






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






14. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






15. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






22. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






23. 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






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






25. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






27. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






28. Officially ended the American Revolution






29. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






31. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






33. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






34. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






37. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






38. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






39. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






42. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






44. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






45. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






46. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






47. Complaints






48. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






49. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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