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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






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






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






5. An official change to a law or document of government.






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






7. Exchange of goods and services.






8. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






11. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






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






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






15. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






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






19. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






20. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






21. Separate is not equal in public Schools






22. 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.






23. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






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






27. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






28. 1st written constitution






29. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






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






31. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






32. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






33. People who settle and live in a colony






34. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






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






36. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






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






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






40. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






43. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






45. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






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






48. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






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






50. Mass production of food