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






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






3. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






4. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






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






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






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






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






9. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






10. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






11. People who settle and live in a colony






12. Split in the church






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






14. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






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






18. To officially approve.






19. Belief in one god






20. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






21. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






22. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






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






24. Established Judicial Review.






25. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






26. Having industries for the machine production of goods






27. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






29. President of the United States during the Civil War






30. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






31. All things that surround us.






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






33. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






34. Average income per person






35. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






38. Mass production of food






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






40. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






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






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






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






44. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






45. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






46. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






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






48. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






50. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.