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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. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






3. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






4. 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.






5. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






6. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






7. All things that surround us.






8. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






9. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






10. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






11. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






12. Established Judicial Review.






13. Member of a country.






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






19. 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






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






21. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






22. Curbed States' Rights






23. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






24. Belief in one god






25. Limited the power of the King in 1215






26. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






28. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






30. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






39. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






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






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






42. Average number of years people live






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






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






45. Economic thinker that developed communism






46. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






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






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






49. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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