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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. Exchange of goods and services.






2. All things that surround us.






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






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






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






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






7. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






8. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






9. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






11. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






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






14. Involving other countries






15. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






16. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






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






19. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






20. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






21. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






22. People who settle and live in a colony






23. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






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






25. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






26. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






27. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






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






29. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






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






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






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






33. These slow down movement/migration






34. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






35. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






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






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






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






39. Making goods out of the home






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






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






42. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






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






44. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






47. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






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






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






50. Split in the church