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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. Average number of years people live






2. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






3. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






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






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






8. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






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






10. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






12. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






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






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






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






16. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






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






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






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






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






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






22. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






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






25. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






26. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






27. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






30. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






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






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






33. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






34. Having to do with one's own homeland






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. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






37. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






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






39. Member of a country.






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






41. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






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






45. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






48. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






49. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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