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






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






3. King/queen who has unlimited power






4. Member of a country.






5. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






7. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






10. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






12. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






14. Separate is not equal in public Schools






15. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






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






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






18. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






19. Mountains - deserts and oceans






20. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






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






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






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






26. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






27. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






28. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






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






30. Having to do with one's own homeland






31. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






33. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






34. These slow down movement/migration






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






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






37. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






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






40. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






41. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






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






43. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






45. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






46. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






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






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