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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. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






3. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






4. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






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






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






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






9. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






11. Mass production of food






12. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






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






14. 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.






15. Tax on imports and exports.






16. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






19. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






20. Having industries for the machine production of goods






21. Limited the power of the King in 1215






22. Belief in one god






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






24. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






25. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






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






28. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






29. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






30. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






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






34. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






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






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






38. These slow down movement/migration






39. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






45. Modern Constitution






46. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






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






48. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






49. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






50. Curbed States' Rights