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






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






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






4. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






5. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






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






8. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






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






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






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






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






14. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






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






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






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






18. First organizing of 13 colonies.






19. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






20. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






21. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






22. Split in the church






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






24. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






25. Mountains - deserts and oceans






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






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






39. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






41. Curbed States' Rights






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






43. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






44. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






46. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






47. President of the United States during the Civil War






48. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






50. These slow down movement/migration