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






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






3. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






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






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






6. Curbed States' Rights






7. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






9. Involving other countries






10. To officially approve.






11. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






13. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






14. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






17. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






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






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






21. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






22. Government where the religious leader run the government






23. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






24. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






25. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






26. All things that surround us.






27. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






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






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






30. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






31. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






32. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






33. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






35. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






36. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






37. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






38. Making goods out of the home






39. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






40. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






42. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






43. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






44. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






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






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






47. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






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