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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. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






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






3. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






4. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






5. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






6. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






7. 1st written constitution






8. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






9. King/queen who has unlimited power






10. Tax on imports and exports.






11. Curbed States' Rights






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






13. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






15. Belief in many gods






16. Separate is not equal in public Schools






17. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






19. First representative assembly in American






20. A government that elects its leaders






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






22. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






24. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






25. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






26. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






27. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






28. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






30. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






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






32. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






33. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






34. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






36. Mountains - deserts and oceans






37. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






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






39. Exchange of goods and services.






40. An official change to a law or document of government.






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






42. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






43. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






46. First organizing of 13 colonies.






47. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






49. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






50. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.