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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






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






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






4. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






5. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






6. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






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






8. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






9. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






10. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






11. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






12. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






15. 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.






16. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






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






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






19. This is also referred to as a city






20. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






22. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






23. Government ruled by a few powerful people






24. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






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






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






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






30. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






31. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






33. Belief in many gods






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






35. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






36. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






38. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






39. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






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






41. Pride in ones country






42. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






43. Involving other countries






44. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






45. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






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






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






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






49. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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