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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. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






3. Exchange of goods and services.






4. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






5. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






6. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






7. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






8. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






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






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






11. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






12. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






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






15. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






16. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






17. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






19. Mass production of food






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






21. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






22. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






23. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






24. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






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






26. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






27. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






28. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






29. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






32. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






33. Complaints






34. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






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






38. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






39. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






40. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






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






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






43. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






44. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






45. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






47. Who opposed the Constitution?






48. 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






49. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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