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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. President of the United States during the Civil War






2. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






4. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






5. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






6. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






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






8. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






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






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






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






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






13. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






14. Officially ended the American Revolution






15. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






16. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






17. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






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






20. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






21. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






22. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






23. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






24. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






25. Mountains - deserts and oceans






26. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






27. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






29. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






30. Having to do with one's own homeland






31. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






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






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






36. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






38. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






39. 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.






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. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






42. Pride in ones country






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






44. Exchange of goods and services.






45. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






46. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






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






48. Curbed States' Rights






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






50. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.