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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. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






3. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






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






5. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






7. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






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






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






10. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






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






12. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






14. 1st written constitution






15. 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






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






17. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






19. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






22. A government that elects its leaders






23. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






24. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






25. Mass production of food






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






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






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






29. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






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






31. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






32. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






33. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






35. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






36. Curbed States' Rights






37. 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.






38. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






39. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






41. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






42. All things that surround us.






43. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






44. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






46. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






47. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






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