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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. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






2. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






3. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






4. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






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






8. Officially ended the American Revolution






9. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






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






11. 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






12. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






13. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






16. Average number of years people live






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






18. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






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






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






21. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






22. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






24. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






27. Complaints






28. To officially approve.






29. 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.






30. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






31. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






33. Modern Constitution






34. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






35. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






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






38. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






40. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






41. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






42. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






43. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






44. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






45. 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






46. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






49. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






50. 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.