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






2. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






4. Belief in one god






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






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






7. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






8. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






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






10. Officially ended the American Revolution






11. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






13. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






15. President of the United States during the Civil War






16. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






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






20. Belief in many gods






21. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






23. Member of a country.






24. Established Judicial Review.






25. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






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






27. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






28. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






30. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






31. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






32. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






33. Modern Constitution






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






35. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






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






37. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






39. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






44. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






46. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






48. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






49. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






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