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






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






3. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






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






5. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






6. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






7. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






18. Government ruled by a few powerful people






19. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






22. 1st written constitution






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






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






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






26. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






27. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






28. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






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






35. Exchange of goods and services.






36. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






37. Mass production of food






38. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






39. Established Judicial Review.






40. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






48. First organizing of 13 colonies.






49. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






50. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.