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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. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






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






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






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






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






7. This is also referred to as a city






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






9. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






10. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






11. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






12. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






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






14. A government that elects its leaders






15. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






16. 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.






17. Tax on imports and exports.






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






19. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






20. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






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






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






24. Established Judicial Review.






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






26. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






27. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






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






30. Belief in many gods






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






32. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






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






36. Having to do with one's own homeland






37. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






38. Government ruled by a few powerful people






39. All things that surround us.






40. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






41. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






42. 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






43. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






45. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






46. 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






47. Split in the church






48. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






49. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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