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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. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






3. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






4. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






5. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






7. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






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






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






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






11. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






12. King/queen who has unlimited power






13. Member of a country.






14. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






16. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






18. Average number of years people live






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






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






21. Split in the church






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






23. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






25. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






26. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






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






28. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






29. People who settle and live in a colony






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






31. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






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






33. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






34. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






36. Belief in one god






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






38. 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






39. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






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






41. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






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






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






46. Involving other countries






47. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






48. Having industries for the machine production of goods






49. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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