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






2. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






4. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






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






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






8. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






9. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






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






13. Tax on imports and exports.






14. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






16. President of the United States during the Civil War






17. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






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






25. 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






26. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






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






29. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






30. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






31. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






34. 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






35. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






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






37. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






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






39. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






40. 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.






41. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






42. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






43. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






44. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






45. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






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






47. 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.






48. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






49. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






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