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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






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






3. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






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






5. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






7. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






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






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






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






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






12. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






13. Government ruled by a few powerful people






14. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






15. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






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






17. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






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






20. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






22. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






23. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






24. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






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






26. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






27. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






28. To officially approve.






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






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






31. First organizing of 13 colonies.






32. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






35. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






36. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






38. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






40. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






42. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






43. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






45. Having industries for the machine production of goods






46. All things that surround us.






47. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






48. Involving other countries






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






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