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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. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






2. People who settle and live in a colony






3. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






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






7. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






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






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






10. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






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






12. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






13. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






14. President of the United States during the Civil War






15. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






16. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






18. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






19. These slow down movement/migration






20. Modern Constitution






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






22. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






23. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






24. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






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






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






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






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






29. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






30. To officially approve.






31. Pride in ones country






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






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






34. Curbed States' Rights






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






36. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






37. Belief in many gods






38. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






40. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






41. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






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






43. 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






44. King of England during the American Revolution.






45. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






46. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






49. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






50. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.