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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. Involving other countries






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






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






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






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






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






7. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






8. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






11. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






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






13. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






15. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






16. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






17. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






19. Having to do with one's own homeland






20. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






21. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






22. Belief in many gods






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






24. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






25. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






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






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






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






30. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






31. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






32. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






33. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






34. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






37. 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.






38. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






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






40. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






42. Modern Constitution






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade