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TAKS 10th Grade Social Studies
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Usually good or services sent out of one's country or are to be consumed by antoher
export
diversity
currency
relevant
2. The measure of ability to accomplish a job with a minimum exenditure of time and effort
efficiency
Battle of Gettysburg
devastated
subsistence economy
3. Relationships that exsits between governments
famine
civil disobedience
diplomatic relations
antifederalist
4. Limits imposed on all branches of a government by vestin in each branch the right to amen or void the acts of another
turmoil
checks and balances
magna carta
popular culture 'pop culture'
5. Is the first ten amednments of the Constituion and detail the protection of individual liberties
turmoil
raw materials
Bill of Rights
draft
6. When power is given to the people of the state to choose their governmnet
popular soverignty
subsistence economy
resolution
The Great Compromise
7. Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America; ended the American Revolution and foreced Britian to recginze the United States as an idependent Nations
urban
livstock
Treaty of Paris of 1763
crossroads
8. Guarantees the right of states to organize millias or armies and the right of indivudlas to bear arms
tyranny
second amendment
Gibbons vs. Ogden
tariff
9. Leader of the original democratic party and a 'president of the pople' he was also responsbible for the Trail of Tears - which forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River
Andrew Jackson
separation of powers
Battle of Gettysburg
Susan B Anothony
10. Original records of an event - they incldue eyewitness reports created at the time of an event speeches - and letters by people involved in the event - photographs and artifacts
nullify
Emancipation Proclamations
Harriet Tubman
primary sources
11. The first permanent English settlement was founded in 1607
Jamestown
second amendment
federal
cultivation
12. Moving from one place to antoher
Northwest Ordiance
Tea Act
migration
commercial
13. Things that you own
commercial
possessions
Marbury vs. Madison
James Madison
14. Is a cruel and unjust government
Patrick Henry
tyranny
Mexican Cession
urban
15. A type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed - limited - and restricted by law
government bureaucracy
limited government
acquire
literacy rate
16. Means to improve by vote
ratify
infected
Northwest Ordiance
Robert E. Lee
17. Pertaining to the geography or natural landforms of a given area - or a location wihin a given area
gross domestic product
The first shots of the American Revolution
tariff
geographical
18. Stressed three dnagers facing the nation. The first related to the rise of polictical parties. Written by George Washington
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
absolute monarch
Conord Massachusetts
Farewell Address
19. A policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations
Andrew Jackson
nullify
foreign policy
government bureaucracy
20. Body of citizens enrolled for miliatry service - and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies
textile
President Thomas Jefferson
militia
absolute monarch
21. The prodcution for sale - of goods at home
separation of powers
amendment
Steamboat
cottage industry
22. Having to do with clothing
Reaper
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
textile
Mayflower Compact
23. An economy that operates by voluntary echange in a free market and is not planned or contorlled by a central aauthority; a capitalisc economy
Robert E. Lee
market economy
commercial
urban
24. Congres shall make no law restricing freddom of speech - religion - press assembly and petition
technological advances
first amendment
theocracy
Alexander Hamilton
25. A point at which an important decision must be made
secede
separation of powers
Federalist Papers
crossroads
26. Was the first site of the first battle of the Amercian Revolution
mercantilism
Conord Massachusetts
population boom
magna carta
27. An agreement singed in 1620 b the Pilgrims in Playmouth - to consult each other baout laws for the colony and a promise to work together to make it succeed. Postive step towards self - rule.
Abraham Lincoln
Civil War
Fifteenth Amendment
Mayflower Compact
28. To change
amend
ratify
birthrate
prohibited
29. The state of acting according to law; lawful
prospertiy
legitmacy
second amendment
commercial
30. To obtain or receive
acquire
Gibbons vs. Ogden
crossroads
state's rights
31. The toal national income divided by the number of people in the nation
federal
gross domestic product
per capita income
Appomattox Curt House
32. A term for cows - horses - and other cattle
Samuel Adams
Appomattox Curt House
livstock
Jefferson Davis
33. Wrote the declaration of indpendence - became the 3rd presidnet of the US and purchased the Louisana territory
gross domestic product
Thomas Jefferson
tyranny
migration
34. Improtant points in an event
milestones
Tenth Amedment
route
Steel Plow
35. The number of pople living per unti of an area (per square mile)
technological advances
commader
population density
Fifteenth Amendment
36. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers
distribution
confined
Seperation of Powers
infectious disease
37. Important to a certain event or topic
Thomas Jefferson
acquire
Conord Massachusetts
significant
38. Purchased the Louisana Territory from Fracne in 1803. The untied States paid 15 million and it double the size of the U.S.
President Thomas Jefferson
limited government
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
federalism
39. Form of government embodying deomcratic principles and hwere a monarch is not the head of state
route
democratic republic
Reaper
significant
40. An economy that is planned and controled by a central administration as in the former soviet Union
command economy
rural
Marbury vs. Madison
first amendment
41. Realting to an event
relevant
devastated
End of the American Revolution
Thomas Jefferson
42. A succesful - floursihing or thriving condition
Andrew Jackson
prospertiy
Susan B Anothony
acquire
43. Partainingto or of the nature of a union of states under a central govermnet distinct from the indivdual govermnets of the separate staets
third amendment
federal
Mayflower Compact
democratic republic
44. Established a system of setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the UNion. its consitution had to provide for a representative governemnt and ithad to prohibit slavery
The Declaration of Independence
Battle of Gettysburg
Northwest Ordiance
civil disobedience
45. Is the right of the Supreme Court to judge laws passd by COngress and determine wheaterh they are consitutial or not
ninth amendment
Federalist Papers
Judicial Review
devastated
46. By the north in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippe River to the Union
Capture of Vicksburg - Mississippi
population growth
finalcial resources
federalism
47. The delivery or giving out of an item or items to the intended recipients
adjacent
Marbury vs. Madison
distribution
Lincoln's First inaugrual Address
48. The desire for goods and services by thoe who have the financial reserves to acqurie them (the amount of sutomers that want to buy something)
antifederalist
consumer demand
Gettysburg Adress
Proclamation of 1763
49. Women's rights organizer
Thirteenth Amendment
Treaty of Paris of 1763
Susan B Anothony
crossroads
50. A ruler who governs alone and is not restrianed by laws a constitiuion or custon - usually king or queen
absolute monarch
benjamin franklin
Common Sense
famine