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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)
Checks and Balances
Karl Marx
Subsistence agriculture
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
2. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.
Treaty of Paris 1783
Straits of Hormuz
Bubonic Plague
Emancipation Proclamation
3. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.
Federalist Papers
Bill of Rights
George Washington
primary source
4. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches
Constitutional Monarchy
The Senate
Protestant Reformation
Individual Rights
5. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government
Draco
Marbury v. Madison
Republicanism
States Rights
6. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)
95 Theses
Industrialized
Separation of Powers .
Mayflower Compact
7. Member of a country.
Cottage industry
Crusaders
Labor force
citizen
8. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.
15th Amendment
tariff
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Andean civilization
9. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles
suffrage
Henry Ford
Articles of Confederation
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
10. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.
Justinian
Cotton Gin
Renaissance
Federalism
11. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.
Bill of Rights
unalienable
Cuneiform
Hammurabi
12. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast
Panama Canal
Magnetic Compass
Capitalism/Market Economy
English Bill of Rights
13. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.
14th Amendment
subsistence agriculture
Federalism
Brown v. Board of Edu.
14. Economic thinker that developed communism
Checks and Balances
Henry Ford
Karl Marx
The Nullification Crisis
15. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money
Mayflower Compact
Constitutional Conv.
Per Capita Income
Limited Government
16. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
Irrigation Canals
Founding of Jamestown
Direct Democracy
17. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.
level of development
amendment
Unconstitutional
Republic
18. Tax on imports and exports.
rural
Bill of Rights
Silk Road
tariff
19. 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.
Articles of Conf.
Articles of Confederation
Federalist Papers
Plessy v. Ferguson
20. Having industries for the machine production of goods
Polytheism
Checks and Balances
States Rights
Industrialized
21. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.
Monroe doctrine
George Washington
Popular Sovereignty
Emancipation Proclamation
22. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches
Fund. Order of Conn.
Checks and Balances
Thomas Jefferson
Industrial Revolution
23. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution
Natural Rights / Individual Rights
market - oriented agriculture
Enlightenment
Constitutional Monarchy
24. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government
suburban
Magna Carta
Natural Rights / Individual Rights
Sub - Saharan Africa .
25. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government
Protestant Reformation
Justinian
Enlightenment
Life Expectancy
26. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.
Irrigation Canals
English Bill of Rights
George Washington
Iron Curtain
27. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.
McCullough v. Maryland
13th Amendment
cottage industry
Monroe doctrine
28. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education
level of development
Ben Franklin
Panama Canal
Standard of living
29. Who opposed the Constitution?
Draco
Anti - Federalists
13th Amendment
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
30. People in a society that are willing and able to work
Labor force
Oligarchy
Justinian
primary source
31. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China
Silk Road
Magna Carta
Cathedrals
Checks and Balances
32. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places
Direct Democracy
George Washington
Magna Carta
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
33. Exchange of goods and services.
trade
suburban
13th Amendment
Constitutional Conv.
34. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?
Canals
Individual Rights
95 Theses
Popular Sovereignty
35. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.
Checks and Balances
Cuneiform
Separation of Powers
Land Ordinance of 1785
36. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu
Plessy v. Ferguson
Separation of Powers .
Limited Government
Nullification Crisis
37. President of the United States during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The Senate
subsistence agriculture
Nationalism
38. This is also referred to as a city
Urban
Hammurabi
Articles of Confederation
Fertile Crescent
39. Up and down - vertical lines on a map
Bill of Rights
unalienable
Fertile Crescent
Longitude
40. 1st written constitution
Fund. Order of Conn.
George Washington
Federalist Papers
95 Theses
41. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.
Factory System
Draco
1776
Popular Sovereignty
42. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.
Taxation
15th Amendment
George Washington
Popular Sovereignty
43. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights
International Trade
Natural Barriers
English Bill of Rights
Cotton Gin
44. Officially ended the American Revolution
Canals
House of Burgesses
Treaty of Paris 1783
Civil War 1861-1865
45. All things that surround us.
environment
Capitalism/Market Economy
Cottage industry
1776
46. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.
Standard of living
Republic
1215
End of Reconstruction
47. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights
Inalienable/Unalienable
Federalism
Henry Ford
Age of Exploration & Colonization
48. Right of groups of people to create their own nation
Taxation
Separation of Powers .
Self Determination
Land Ordinance of 1785
49. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.
Urban
The Nullification Crisis
Monroe doctrine
Popular Sovereignty
50. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)
Capitalism/Market Economy
The Nullification Crisis
Representative Government
Civil War 1861-1865