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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






2. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






3. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






4. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






6. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






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






8. Member of a country.






9. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






11. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






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






13. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






15. Belief in many gods






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. Curbed States' Rights






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






22. First representative assembly in American






23. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






24. Average income per person






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






26. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






28. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






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






30. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






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






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






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






35. These slow down movement/migration






36. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






39. President of the United States during the Civil War






40. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






41. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






42. Limited the power of the King in 1215






43. Belief in one god






44. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






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






46. Making goods out of the home






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






48. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






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






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






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