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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






7. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






9. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






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






12. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






13. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






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






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






16. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






17. Government where the religious leader run the government






18. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






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






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






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






23. People who settle and live in a colony






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






25. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






26. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






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






29. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






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






31. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






32. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






33. Split in the church






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






35. King of England during the American Revolution.






36. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






37. Exchange of goods and services.






38. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






39. Tax on imports and exports.






40. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






41. 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.






42. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






43. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






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






47. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






48. Modern Constitution






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






50. Mountains - deserts and oceans