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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






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






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






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






5. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






7. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






8. Mass production of food






9. All things that surround us.






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






17. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






19. Complaints






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






21. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






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






24. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






25. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






28. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






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






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






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






33. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






34. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






35. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






37. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






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






39. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






40. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






42. 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.






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






44. Involving other countries






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






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






47. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






49. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






50. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed