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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. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






2. Belief in many gods






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






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






5. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






6. A government that elects its leaders






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






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






9. Involving other countries






10. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






11. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






13. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






14. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






15. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






16. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






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






20. Having to do with one's own homeland






21. First organizing of 13 colonies.






22. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






23. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






24. 1st written constitution






25. Exchange of goods and services.






26. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






27. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






28. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






29. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






30. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






31. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






32. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






34. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






35. 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.






36. Average number of years people live






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






38. To officially approve.






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






40. Pride in ones country






41. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






43. King of England during the American Revolution.






44. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






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






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






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






48. Modern Constitution






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






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