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






2. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






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






4. Complaints






5. This is also referred to as a city






6. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






7. First representative assembly in American






8. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






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






10. Belief in one god






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






12. Having to do with one's own homeland






13. Involving other countries






14. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






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






17. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






19. Mountains - deserts and oceans






20. Average number of years people live






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






22. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






23. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






24. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






25. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






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






27. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






28. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






29. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






30. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






31. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






32. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






33. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






34. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






37. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






39. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






40. To officially approve.






41. Split in the church






42. 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






43. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






44. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






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






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






47. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






50. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.