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






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






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






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






5. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






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






7. Limited the power of the King in 1215






8. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






10. Mass production of food






11. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






12. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






13. 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.






14. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






15. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






17. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






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






21. Who opposed the Constitution?






22. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






23. Pride in ones country






24. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






25. Curbed States' Rights






26. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






28. Average income per person






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






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






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






32. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






33. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






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






35. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






36. 1st written constitution






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






38. Making goods out of the home






39. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






40. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






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






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






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






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






45. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






46. Modern Constitution






47. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






49. All things that surround us.






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