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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. 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.






2. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






4. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






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






6. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






9. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






10. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






11. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






12. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






15. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






18. Complaints






19. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






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






21. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






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






23. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






24. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






26. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






27. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






28. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






29. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






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






31. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






32. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






33. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






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






36. These slow down movement/migration






37. 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






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






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






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






41. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






42. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






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






46. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






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






48. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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