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






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






3. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






6. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






15. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






16. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






18. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






19. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






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






21. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






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






25. People who settle and live in a colony






26. Belief in many gods






27. Separate is not equal in public Schools






28. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






29. Movement of people from on country or location to another






30. Average income per person






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






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






33. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






34. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






35. 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.






36. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






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






39. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






40. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






41. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






42. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






43. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






44. Pride in ones country






45. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






47. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






48. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






50. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec