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






2. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






3. 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






4. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






5. 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






6. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






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






8. First organizing of 13 colonies.






9. 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.






10. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






11. Officially ended the American Revolution






12. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






13. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






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






16. 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.






17. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






18. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






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






22. Average number of years people live






23. Having to do with one's own homeland






24. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






25. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






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






28. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






29. Split in the church






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






31. Mountains - deserts and oceans






32. 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






33. King/queen who has unlimited power






34. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






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






36. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






37. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






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






39. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






40. Belief in one god






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






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






43. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






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






47. Tax on imports and exports.






48. Curbed States' Rights






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






50. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.