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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






2. President of the United States during the Civil War






3. First organizing of 13 colonies.






4. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






5. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






6. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






7. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






9. Making goods out of the home






10. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






11. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






12. Involving other countries






13. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






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






15. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






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






18. Average income per person






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






20. 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






21. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






22. Belief in one god






23. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






24. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






25. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






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






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






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






29. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






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






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






33. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






34. To officially approve.






35. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






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






37. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






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






39. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






41. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






42. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






43. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






44. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






45. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






48. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






49. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






50. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords