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






2. Movement of people from on country or location to another






3. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






6. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






8. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






9. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






11. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






12. 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






13. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






14. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






17. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






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






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






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






22. Exchange of goods and services.






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






24. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






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






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






28. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






29. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






30. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






31. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






32. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






33. Economic thinker that developed communism






34. Having to do with one's own homeland






35. Government ruled by a few powerful people






36. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






37. Member of a country.






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






39. People who settle and live in a colony






40. Mass production of food






41. These slow down movement/migration






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






48. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






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