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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






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






6. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






7. Exchange of goods and services.






8. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






9. To officially approve.






10. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






11. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






14. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






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






17. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






18. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






19. Split in the church






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






21. These slow down movement/migration






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






23. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






24. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






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






26. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






28. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






30. Who opposed the Constitution?






31. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






33. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






35. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






36. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






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






39. Average number of years people live






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






41. This is also referred to as a city






42. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






43. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






45. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






46. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






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






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






50. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code