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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. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






2. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






3. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






6. Limited the power of the King in 1215






7. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






8. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






9. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






11. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






14. 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






15. Split in the church






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






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






18. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






19. 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






20. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






21. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






22. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






23. Average number of years people live






24. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






25. 1st written constitution






26. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






29. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






30. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






31. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






32. 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






33. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






34. Separate is not equal in public Schools






35. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






36. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






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






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






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






40. Having to do with one's own homeland






41. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






42. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






43. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






45. Modern Constitution






46. Mass production of food






47. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






48. People in a society that are willing and able to work






49. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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