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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Officially ended the American Revolution






2. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






4. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






5. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






6. Average income per person






7. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






8. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






9. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






10. Economic thinker that developed communism






11. 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.






12. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






13. Tax on imports and exports.






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






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






16. Modern Constitution






17. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






18. 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






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






20. Pride in ones country






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






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






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






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






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






26. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






29. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






31. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






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






33. 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






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






35. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






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






38. 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






39. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






42. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






43. Member of a country.






44. Having to do with one's own homeland






45. First representative assembly in American






46. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






47. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






48. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






49. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






50. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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