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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






4. Modern Constitution






5. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






7. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






8. Curbed States' Rights






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






10. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






11. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






12. To officially approve.






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






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






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






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






17. Average number of years people live






18. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






20. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






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






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






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






26. Tax on imports and exports.






27. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






28. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






29. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






31. 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.






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






33. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






34. Complaints






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






36. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






37. All things that surround us.






38. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






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






42. Economic thinker that developed communism






43. 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






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






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






46. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






47. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






49. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






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