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






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






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






4. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






5. Average number of years people live






6. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






9. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






10. Average income per person






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






12. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






13. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






14. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






15. Complaints






16. King of England during the American Revolution.






17. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






19. To officially approve.






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






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






22. Government where the religious leader run the government






23. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






24. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






25. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 1st written constitution






34. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






35. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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






38. Member of a country.






39. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






41. A government that elects its leaders






42. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






43. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






45. All things that surround us.






46. These slow down movement/migration






47. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






50. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.