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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. Belief in many gods






2. Limited the power of the King in 1215






3. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






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






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






8. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






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






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






11. Belief in one god






12. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






13. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






14. These slow down movement/migration






15. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






17. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






18. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






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






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






21. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






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






23. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






25. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






26. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






29. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






32. To officially approve.






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






34. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






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






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






37. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






39. Involving other countries






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






41. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






42. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






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






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






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






46. Complaints






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






48. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






50. Established Judicial Review.