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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






2. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






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






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






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






6. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






7. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






9. Separate is not equal in public Schools






10. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






11. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






18. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






19. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






21. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






22. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






23. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






25. The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.






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






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






28. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






30. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






31. 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






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






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






34. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






37. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






39. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






40. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






41. All things that surround us.






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






43. Curbed States' Rights






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






45. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






48. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






49. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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