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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. President of the United States during the Civil War






2. An official change to a law or document of government.






3. Making goods out of the home






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






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






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






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






8. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






9. Limited the power of the King in 1215






10. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






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






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






13. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






14. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






15. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






16. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






17. Average number of years people live






18. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






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






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






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






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






23. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






24. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






25. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






27. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






29. A government that elects its leaders






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






31. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






32. 1st written constitution






33. Average income per person






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






35. King/queen who has unlimited power






36. Government ruled by a few powerful people






37. People who settle and live in a colony






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






39. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






40. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






41. Mass production of food






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






43. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






44. The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.






45. This is also referred to as a city






46. Belief in one god






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






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






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






50. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.