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






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






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






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






5. Having industries for the machine production of goods






6. Belief in many gods






7. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






9. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






11. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






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






15. Mass production of food






16. 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.






17. These slow down movement/migration






18. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






19. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






21. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






22. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






23. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






24. Having to do with one's own homeland






25. Complaints






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






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






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






29. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






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






31. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






32. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






34. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






35. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






36. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






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






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






40. 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






41. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






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






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






46. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






49. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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