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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. Movement of people from on country or location to another






3. Modern Constitution






4. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






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






6. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






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






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






9. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






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






13. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






14. Belief in one god






15. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






16. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






17. People who settle and live in a colony






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






19. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






22. 1st written constitution






23. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






24. King/queen who has unlimited power






25. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






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






29. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






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






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






32. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






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






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. Tax on imports and exports.






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






38. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






39. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






41. 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.






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






43. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






45. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






46. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






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






48. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






49. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






50. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece