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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic
imports
Popular Sovereignty
era
Free - enterprise economic system
2. An official change to a law or document of government.
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Thomas Jefferson
amendment
bias
3. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase
level of development
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Basic Needs
4. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves
Brown v. Board of Edu.
Enlightenment
Limited Government
Emancipation Proclamation
5. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.
Civil War 1861-1865
End of Reconstruction
Barriers
unalienable
6. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches
Industrial Revolution
Andean civilization
Montesquieu
urban
7. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu
Articles of Conf.
The Nullification Crisis
Separation of Powers .
bias
8. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages
Cathedrals
amendment
Henry Ford
Checks and Balances
9. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed
1215
15th Amendment
Popular Sovereignty
Enlightenment
10. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places
Plessy v. Ferguson
1776
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
Land Ordinance of 1785
11. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.
veto
John Locke
George Washington
George Washington
12. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.
Parliament
Abraham Lincoln
Age of Reason
Irrigation Canals
13. Belief in many gods
Absolute Monarchy
Polytheism
Nullification Crisis
Sub - Saharan Africa .
14. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled
Crusaders
Traditional economy
Hammurabi
Emancipation Proclamation
15. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education
Emancipation Proclamation
Nationalism
Articles of Conf.
Standard of living
16. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.
Civil War 1861-1865
Limited Government
Basic Needs
cultural diffusion
17. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.
Civil War
Thomas Jefferson
Individual Rights
Life Expectancy
18. 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
Individual Rights
Checks and Balances
Communism/Command Economy
era
19. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.
Famine
Representative Democracy
Straits of Hormuz
15th Amendment
20. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code
Hammurabi
domestic
Mayflower Compact
Federalism
21. This is also referred to as a city
Nullification Crisis
Secularism
Urban
Hammurabi
22. Trading goods or services for other goods or services
Protestant Reformation
Marbury v. Madison
Basic Needs
Bartering
23. Right of groups of people to create their own nation
Fertile Crescent
Cuneiform
bias
Self Determination
24. Involving other countries
Magna Carta
Crusaders
Protestant Reformation
international
25. Curbed States' Rights
McCullough v. Maryland
Civil War
Unconstitutional
English Bill of Rights
26. Having industries for the machine production of goods
Industrialized
Constitutional Monarchy
suburban
Cathedrals
27. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.
Separation of Powers
Winston Churchill
market - oriented agriculture
colonists
28. Banned slavery throughout the nation.
Imperialism
13th Amendment
Age of Exploration & Colonization
Civil War
29. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)
grievance
1787
Capitalism/Market Economy
Renaissance
30. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.
Force Bill
13th Amendment
Republicanism
Unconstitutional
31. Average income per person
Labor force
Per Capita Income
Industrial Revolution
Anti - Federalists
32. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.
Age of Reason
Civil War 1861-1865
standard of living
1776
33. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles
Henry Ford
standard of living
Popular Sovereignty
Magna Carta
34. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.
Bartering
Republicanism
Humanism
Scientific Revolution
35. First organizing of 13 colonies.
Columbian Exchange
Articles of Conf.
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Justinian
36. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.
Silk Road
Capitalism/Market Economy
Canals
suburban
37. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.
1787
Consent of the Governed
subsistence agriculture
Polytheism
38. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.
environment
Federalist
1787
Unconstitutional
39. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.
Parliament
Renaissance
Industrialization
Marbury v. Madison
40. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.
Representative Government
Labor force
urban
Limited Government
41. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers
environment
Brown v. Board of Edu.
Factory System
1787
42. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.
Magnetic Compass
Bill of Rights
Renaissance
amendment
43. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)
Plessy v. Ferguson
Republic
Basic Needs
market - oriented agriculture
44. Government ruled by a few powerful people
Oligarchy
1066
(naval) blockade
Bill of Rights
45. People who settle and live in a colony
imports
Montesquieu
Thomas Jefferson
colonists
46. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Sub - Saharan Africa .
Mesoamerica civilizations
market - oriented agriculture
47. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North
Industrial Revolution
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
Civil War
Limited Government
48. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.
Representative Government
Federalism
subsistence agriculture
English Bill of Rights
49. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.
Secularism
Enlightenment
1787-1789
Mayflower Compact (1620)
50. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially
15th Amendment
Karl Marx
Force Bill
Imperialism