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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. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






2. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






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






4. Mass production of food






5. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






7. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






8. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






9. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






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






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






14. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






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






18. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






19. 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






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






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






22. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






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






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






25. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






27. Modern Constitution






28. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






29. Mountains - deserts and oceans






30. Making goods out of the home






31. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






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






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






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






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






36. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






38. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






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






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






42. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






43. 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.






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






45. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






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






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






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






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






50. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code