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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. Average number of years people live






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






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






4. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






5. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






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






7. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






9. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. Government where the religious leader run the government






16. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






17. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






18. Curbed States' Rights






19. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






20. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






21. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






23. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






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






25. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






26. 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






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






28. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






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






32. 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






33. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






34. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






35. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






41. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






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






43. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






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






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






47. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






50. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government