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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






2. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






3. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






4. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






5. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Modern Constitution






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






14. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






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






16. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






17. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






19. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






20. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






21. Member of a country.






22. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






23. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






24. Government where the religious leader run the government






25. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






27. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






28. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






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






30. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






31. Complaints






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






33. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






35. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






36. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






38. Average income per person






39. First representative assembly in American






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






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






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






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






44. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






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






46. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






47. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






49. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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