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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involving other countries






2. President of the United States during the Civil War






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






9. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






10. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






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






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






13. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






14. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






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






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






19. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






20. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






21. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






22. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






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






24. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






26. 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.






27. King/queen who has unlimited power






28. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






29. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






30. Member of a country.






31. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






33. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






35. First representative assembly in American






36. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






37. Split in the church






38. Mass production of food






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






40. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






42. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






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






44. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






45. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






46. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






47. Officially ended the American Revolution






48. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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