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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






2. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






4. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






5. Split in the church






6. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






7. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






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






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






12. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






13. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






15. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






17. Involving other countries






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






26. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






28. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






29. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






31. Who opposed the Constitution?






32. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






34. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






35. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






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






37. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






38. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






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






41. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






44. Limited the power of the King in 1215






45. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






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






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






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






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






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







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