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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. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






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






3. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






4. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






7. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






8. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






10. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






11. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






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






13. Officially ended the American Revolution






14. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






15. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






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






17. To officially approve.






18. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






20. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






21. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






22. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






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






24. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






25. 1st written constitution






26. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






27. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






29. 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






30. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






31. Separate is not equal in public Schools






32. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






33. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






34. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






35. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






37. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






38. Having industries for the machine production of goods






39. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






40. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






42. Tax on imports and exports.






43. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






46. Average income per person






47. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






48. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






49. King/queen who has unlimited power






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