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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. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






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






4. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






5. Member of a country.






6. Belief in many gods






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






8. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






9. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






10. Government ruled by a few powerful people






11. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






12. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






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






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






15. 1st written constitution






16. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






17. Tax on imports and exports.






18. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






19. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






20. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






22. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






24. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






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






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






27. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






28. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






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






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






33. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






34. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






35. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






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






37. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






38. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






40. Average number of years people live






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






42. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






43. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






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






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






48. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






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