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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. First organizing of 13 colonies.






2. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






3. Average number of years people live






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






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






6. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






7. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






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






10. Curbed States' Rights






11. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






13. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






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






16. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






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






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






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






21. President of the United States during the Civil War






22. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






24. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






25. Exchange of goods and services.






26. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






27. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






29. 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.






30. This is also referred to as a city






31. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






32. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






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






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






36. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






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






39. Average income per person






40. To officially approve.






41. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






42. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






43. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






44. 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.






45. Making goods out of the home






46. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






48. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






49. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






50. Pride in ones country