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






2. Mass production of food






3. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






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






6. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






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






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






9. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






10. Limited the power of the King in 1215






11. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






12. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






14. Who opposed the Constitution?






15. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






18. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






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






20. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






21. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






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






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






24. Pride in ones country






25. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






26. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






28. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






29. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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






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






33. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






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






36. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






37. These slow down movement/migration






38. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






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






40. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






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






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






44. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






45. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






46. President of the United States during the Civil War






47. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






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






50. Belief in many gods