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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






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






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






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






5. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






6. Established Judicial Review.






7. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






9. Average income per person






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






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






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






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






14. Member of a country.






15. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






16. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






17. Making goods out of the home






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






19. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






20. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






22. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






23. Involving other countries






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






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






26. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






27. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






29. First representative assembly in American






30. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






33. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






36. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






37. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






38. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






39. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






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






41. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






43. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






44. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






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






46. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






47. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






48. These slow down movement/migration






49. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






50. Banned slavery throughout the nation.