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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This is also referred to as a city






2. Having to do with one's own homeland






3. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






4. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






5. Mountains - deserts and oceans






6. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






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






8. 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






9. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






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






12. Modern Constitution






13. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






14. Government ruled by a few powerful people






15. Member of a country.






16. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






17. 1st written constitution






18. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






20. These slow down movement/migration






21. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






22. 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.






23. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






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






25. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






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






27. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






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






29. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






40. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






41. 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






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






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






44. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






46. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






47. To officially approve.






48. Complaints






49. Officially ended the American Revolution






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