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






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






3. Modern Constitution






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






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






6. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






9. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






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






11. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






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






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






15. Government ruled by a few powerful people






16. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






17. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






18. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






19. 1st written constitution






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






21. Having industries for the machine production of goods






22. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






23. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






24. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






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






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






29. To officially approve.






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






31. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






33. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






34. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






35. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






37. These slow down movement/migration






38. An official change to a law or document of government.






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






40. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






41. This is also referred to as a city






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






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






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






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






46. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






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






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






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






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