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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






2. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






3. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






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






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






6. Belief in many gods






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






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






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






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






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






12. First representative assembly in American






13. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






14. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






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






16. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






18. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






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






20. Complaints






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






22. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






23. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






25. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






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






27. 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






28. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






29. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






30. President of the United States during the Civil War






31. Limited the power of the King in 1215






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






35. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






36. Having to do with one's own homeland






37. Average income per person






38. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






39. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






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






41. 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






42. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






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






44. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






46. 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.






47. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






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






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