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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. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






2. Average number of years people live






3. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






5. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






6. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






7. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






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






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






11. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






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






13. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






14. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






16. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






17. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






18. Split in the church






19. To officially approve.






20. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






21. 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.






22. All things that surround us.






23. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






24. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






25. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






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






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






28. Exchange of goods and services.






29. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






31. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






32. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






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






34. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






36. Having industries for the machine production of goods






37. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






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






39. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






41. People who settle and live in a colony






42. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






43. An official change to a law or document of government.






44. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






45. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






46. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






47. Separate is not equal in public Schools






48. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






49. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






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