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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. Involving other countries






2. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






3. Average number of years people live






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






5. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






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






8. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






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






11. 1st written constitution






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






13. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






14. First organizing of 13 colonies.






15. Officially ended the American Revolution






16. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






17. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






19. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






20. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






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






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






23. First representative assembly in American






24. Exchange of goods and services.






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. Split in the church






27. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






28. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






29. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






30. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






33. Having industries for the machine production of goods






34. Pride in ones country






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






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






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






38. Limited the power of the King in 1215






39. King/queen who has unlimited power






40. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






41. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






44. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






45. Belief in many gods






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






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






48. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






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






50. Having to do with one's own homeland