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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. People who settle and live in a colony






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






3. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






4. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






5. This is also referred to as a city






6. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






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






9. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






11. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






13. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






14. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






15. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






17. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






18. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






19. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






20. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






21. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






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






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






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






25. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






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






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






28. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






29. Involving other countries






30. 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.






31. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






32. Government where the religious leader run the government






33. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






35. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






37. Average income per person






38. Belief in one god






39. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






40. Pride in ones country






41. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






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






43. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






44. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






45. Mountains - deserts and oceans






46. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






48. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






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






50. 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.