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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






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






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






4. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






6. 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.






7. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






8. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






9. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






10. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






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






12. 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






13. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






14. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. People who settle and live in a colony






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






23. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






24. Involving other countries






25. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






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






28. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






30. Tax on imports and exports.






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






32. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






33. Member of a country.






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






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






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






37. These slow down movement/migration






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






39. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






41. Having industries for the machine production of goods






42. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






43. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






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






45. King/queen who has unlimited power






46. This is also referred to as a city






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






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






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






50. 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.