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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 income per person






2. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






3. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






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






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






6. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






7. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






8. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






9. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






11. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






12. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






14. These slow down movement/migration






15. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






16. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






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






18. Curbed States' Rights






19. Making goods out of the home






20. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






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






22. To officially approve.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. People who settle and live in a colony






32. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






34. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






35. Mass production of food






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






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






38. Complaints






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






40. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






41. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






42. Pride in ones country






43. 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






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






45. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






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






48. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






49. Officially ended the American Revolution






50. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)