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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






3. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






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






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






7. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






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






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






12. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






13. President of the United States during the Civil War






14. 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






15. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






16. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






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






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






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






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






21. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






22. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






23. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






24. Modern Constitution






25. Complaints






26. Separate is not equal in public Schools






27. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






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






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






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






31. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






32. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






33. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






35. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






36. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






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






38. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






39. Government where the religious leader run the government






40. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






42. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






43. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






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






45. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






46. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






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






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






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