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






2. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






4. Having to do with one's own homeland






5. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






6. 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.






7. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






8. Involving other countries






9. Mountains - deserts and oceans






10. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






11. Making goods out of the home






12. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






13. Member of a country.






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






15. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






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






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






19. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






20. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






22. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






23. President of the United States during the Civil War






24. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






26. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






28. Complaints






29. All things that surround us.






30. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






31. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






33. 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






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






35. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






36. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






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






39. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






40. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






41. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






43. People in a society that are willing and able to work






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






50. Mass production of food