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






2. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






4. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






5. 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






6. Exchange of goods and services.






7. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






8. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






9. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






11. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






13. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






15. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






18. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






19. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






20. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






21. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






23. This is also referred to as a city






24. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






25. Member of a country.






26. Belief in one god






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






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






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






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






31. To officially approve.






32. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






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






34. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






35. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






36. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






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






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






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






40. Belief in many gods






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






42. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






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






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






45. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






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






47. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






49. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






50. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation