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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






3. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






4. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






12. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






14. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






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






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






19. Pride in ones country






20. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






22. This is also referred to as a city






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






31. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






32. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






33. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






34. 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.






35. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






36. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






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






38. Exchange of goods and services.






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






40. Modern Constitution






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






42. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






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






44. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






45. Average income per person






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






47. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






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






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






50. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.







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