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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






2. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






3. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






4. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






6. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






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






8. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






10. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






12. All things that surround us.






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






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






15. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






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






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






18. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






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






20. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






22. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






24. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






26. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






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






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






31. Mass production of food






32. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






33. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






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






35. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






36. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






38. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






39. Modern Constitution






40. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






42. President of the United States during the Civil War






43. People who settle and live in a colony






44. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






47. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






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