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






2. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






3. Member of a country.






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






5. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






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






8. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






9. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






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






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






12. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






13. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






16. King/queen who has unlimited power






17. The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.






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






19. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






20. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






21. Mass production of food






22. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






23. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






24. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






30. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






31. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






33. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






35. Average number of years people live






36. A government that elects its leaders






37. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






38. Mountains - deserts and oceans






39. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






41. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






42. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






45. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






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






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






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






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






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