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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. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






2. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






3. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






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






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






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






7. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






8. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






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






10. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






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






12. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






13. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






14. Exchange of goods and services.






15. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






17. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






18. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






19. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






22. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






24. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






25. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






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






27. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






35. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






36. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






37. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






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






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






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






43. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






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






46. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






48. People in a society that are willing and able to work






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






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