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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. First representative assembly in American






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






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






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






5. Economic thinker that developed communism






6. Involving other countries






7. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






8. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






9. Tax on imports and exports.






10. Government where the religious leader run the government






11. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






13. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






14. Average income per person






15. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






16. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






18. Average number of years people live






19. 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






20. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






21. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






22. Belief in one god






23. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






25. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






26. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






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






28. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






29. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






31. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






32. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






33. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






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






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






37. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






39. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






40. 1st written constitution






41. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






43. 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.






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






45. Making goods out of the home






46. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






47. These slow down movement/migration






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






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






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