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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. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






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






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






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






5. King/queen who has unlimited power






6. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






7. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






8. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






9. Pride in ones country






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






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






12. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






15. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






16. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






17. To officially approve.






18. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






19. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






20. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






21. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






23. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






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






27. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






29. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






32. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






33. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






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






46. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






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






48. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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