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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. Average number of years people live






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






3. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






4. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






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






7. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






8. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






9. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






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






11. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






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






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






14. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






15. Modern Constitution






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






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






18. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






20. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






21. Having industries for the machine production of goods






22. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






23. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






25. Established Judicial Review.






26. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






27. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






28. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






29. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






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






33. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






34. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






35. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






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






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






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






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






40. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






41. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






42. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






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






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






45. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






46. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






47. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






48. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






49. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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