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






2. Member of a country.






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






4. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






5. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






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






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






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






9. All things that surround us.






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






11. Pride in ones country






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






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






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






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






16. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






17. Who opposed the Constitution?






18. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






19. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






20. Belief in one god






21. 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.






22. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






24. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






25. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






28. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






30. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






32. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






33. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






35. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






36. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






37. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






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






39. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






40. Mass production of food






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






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






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






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






45. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






46. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






47. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






48. Involving other countries






49. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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