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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 government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






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






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






4. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






6. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






8. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






10. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






11. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






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






15. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






16. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






17. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






19. Split in the church






20. Tax on imports and exports.






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






22. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






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






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






25. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






26. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






28. An official change to a law or document of government.






29. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






30. Modern Constitution






31. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






32. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






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






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






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






36. Involving other countries






37. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






38. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






39. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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. People who settle and live in a colony






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. Average income per person






44. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






45. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






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






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






49. Pride in ones country






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