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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






2. Mountains - deserts and oceans






3. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






4. Tax on imports and exports.






5. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






6. Movement of people from on country or location to another






7. 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.






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






9. Who opposed the Constitution?






10. Limited the power of the King in 1215






11. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






12. President of the United States during the Civil War






13. 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.






14. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






16. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






18. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






19. 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.






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






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






22. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






23. 1st written constitution






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






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






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






27. Belief in one god






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






29. Involving other countries






30. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






31. Making goods out of the home






32. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






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






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






35. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






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






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






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






39. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






40. To officially approve.






41. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






42. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






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






44. Member of a country.






45. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






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






49. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






50. Split in the church






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