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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






2. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






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






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






6. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






7. An official change to a law or document of government.






8. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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






11. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






13. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






14. Average income per person






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






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






17. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






18. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






20. Belief in one god






21. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






22. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






24. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






25. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






26. Complaints






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






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






29. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






30. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






31. 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.






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






33. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






35. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






36. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






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






38. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






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






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






41. These slow down movement/migration






42. Member of a country.






43. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






44. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






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






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






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






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






49. Limited the power of the King in 1215






50. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws