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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government
imports
Unconstitutional
Articles of Confederation
Immigration patterns
2. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.
(naval) blockade
U.S. Constitution
Magnetic Compass
John Locke
3. Established Judicial Review.
suburban
Marbury v. Madison
1863 Emancipation Pro
1787
4. Average number of children that die by the age of 5
Limited Government
Literacy Rate
Basic Needs
Infant Mortality
5. These slow down movement/migration
Barriers
Crusaders
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
13th Amendment
6. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)
House of Burgesses
era
George Washington
1066
7. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade
Barriers
trade
Checks and Balances
Industrial Revolution
8. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
rural
nullify
citizen
9. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
bias
14th Amendment
grievance
10. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Mayflower Compact
Fertile Crescent
States Rights
Printing Press
11. 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.
grievance
Articles of Confederation
Subsistence economy
Mesoamerica civilizations
12. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase
Constitutional Conv.
1776
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
13. Mountains - deserts and oceans
Irrigation Canals
Natural Barriers
Fertile Crescent
trade
14. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.
Justinian
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
Individual Rights
Taxation
15. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.
Civil War 1861-1865
primary source
Cuneiform
1066
16. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over
Subsistence agriculture
Magna Carta
Straits
Declaration of Indepen.
17. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.
English Bill of Rights
Labor force
Republicanism
Inalienable/Unalienable
18. President of the United States during the Civil War
Articles of Confederation
Middle Ages
Communism/Command Economy
Abraham Lincoln
19. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education
cultural diffusion
Republic
Standard of living
urban
20. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.
Civil War
Republicanism
Ben Franklin
Magna Carta
21. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.
exports
Emancipation Proclamation
level of development
Schism
22. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon
Indulgences
Adam Smith
Magna Carta
urban
23. To officially approve.
Treaty of Paris 1783
ratify
Thomas Jefferson
Per Capita Income
24. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.
Life Expectancy
Thomas Jefferson
Panama Canal
Republicanism
25. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches
Protestant Reformation
bias
15th Amendment
Silk Road
26. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves
Checks and Balances
Emancipation Proclamation
(naval) blockade
Canals
27. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government
Totalitarianism
Standard of living
Founding of Jamestown
International Trade
28. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic
exports
(naval) blockade
era
Anti - Federalist
29. Government where the religious leader run the government
Basic Needs
Theocracy
Limited Government
Subsistence agriculture
30. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property
Republic
Mayflower Compact (1620)
John Locke
1787
31. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?
Mesoamerica civilizations
House of Burgesses
14th Amendment
1787-1789
32. Banned slavery throughout the nation.
Industrialization
End of Reconstruction
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
33. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation
McCullough v. Maryland
95 Theses
Canals
14th Amendment
34. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
Adam Smith
Abe Lincoln
Magnetic Compass
era
35. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.
15th Amendment
Constitutional Conv.
Cotton Gin
Life Expectancy
36. Average income per person
Per Capita Income
colonists
14th Amendment
market - oriented agriculture
37. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code
Draco
Secularism
Plessy v. Ferguson
Cottage industry
38. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China
End of Reconstruction
Silk Road
Founding of Jamestown
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
39. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally
Emancipation Proclamation
Latitude
Labor force
Communism/Command Economy
40. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.
14th Amendment
Magna Carta
rural
Age of Reason
41. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights
Inalienable/Unalienable
Protestant Reformation
Totalitarianism
Straits of Hormuz
42. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.
Industrial Revolution
Irrigation Canals
15th Amendment
Articles of Confederation
43. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.
Straits of Hormuz
95 Theses
Direct Democracy
Traditional economy
44. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.
Bill of Rights
English Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation
imports
45. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.
Articles of Conf.
Parliament
Demographics
15th Amendment
46. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.
Representative Government
Emancipation Proclamation
Suez Canal
grievance
47. Belief in one god
English Bill of Rights
Federalism
standard of living
Monotheism
48. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery
Treaty of Paris 1783
Literacy Rate
Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
49. 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
Individual Rights
Hammurabi
English Bill of Rights
Anti - Federalist
50. A government that elects its leaders
Republic
Demographics
Monotheism
Age of Exploration & Colonization