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






2. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






3. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






4. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






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






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






7. Mountains - deserts and oceans






8. 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.






9. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






10. Belief in many gods






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






12. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






14. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






15. Curbed States' Rights






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






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






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






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






20. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






27. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






28. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






29. Making goods out of the home






30. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






31. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






34. Movement of people from on country or location to another






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






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






37. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






38. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






40. Who opposed the Constitution?






41. Complaints






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






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






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






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






46. 1st written constitution






47. 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.






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






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






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