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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. Officially ended the American Revolution






2. King of England during the American Revolution.






3. 1st written constitution






4. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






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






6. Having to do with one's own homeland






7. Belief in many gods






8. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






10. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






11. Economic thinker that developed communism






12. Complaints






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






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






15. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






16. Established Judicial Review.






17. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






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






20. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






21. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






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






23. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






25. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






34. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






36. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






37. 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.






38. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






41. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






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






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






44. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






45. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






46. 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.






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






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






49. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






50. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.