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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






3. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






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






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






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






7. Government where the religious leader run the government






8. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






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






10. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






11. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






12. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






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






16. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






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






18. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






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






20. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






21. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






22. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






29. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






30. 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






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






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






33. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






34. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






35. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






36. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






37. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






38. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






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






41. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






42. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






43. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






44. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






45. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






47. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






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






49. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






50. Modern Constitution







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