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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. An official change to a law or document of government.






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






3. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






4. President of the United States during the Civil War






5. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






7. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






8. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






9. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






10. Complaints






11. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






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






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






14. Making goods out of the home






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






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






17. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






18. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






21. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






23. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






24. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






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






26. This is also referred to as a city






27. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






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






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






30. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






31. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






33. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






34. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






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






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






38. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






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






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






42. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






43. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






45. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






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






47. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






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






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






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