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






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






3. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






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






5. 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.






6. Tax on imports and exports.






7. King/queen who has unlimited power






8. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






9. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






10. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






13. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






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






15. Member of a country.






16. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






17. 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






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






19. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






20. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






21. These slow down movement/migration






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






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






24. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






25. 1st written constitution






26. Belief in one god






27. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






28. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






29. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






30. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






31. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






32. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






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






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






36. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






37. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






40. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






42. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






43. First organizing of 13 colonies.






44. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






45. People who settle and live in a colony






46. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






47. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






48. 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






49. Separate is not equal in public Schools






50. Making goods out of the home