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






2. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






3. Mountains - deserts and oceans






4. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






5. Involving other countries






6. This is also referred to as a city






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






8. Pride in ones country






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






10. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






12. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






13. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






15. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






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






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






18. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






21. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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






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






25. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






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






28. All things that surround us.






29. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






32. Established Judicial Review.






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






34. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






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






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






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






40. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






41. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






42. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






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






44. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






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






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






47. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






50. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade