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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. Split in the church






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






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






4. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






7. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






8. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






9. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






10. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






11. First organizing of 13 colonies.






12. Belief in one god






13. Mass production of food






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






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






16. Member of a country.






17. Established Judicial Review.






18. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






20. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






21. Average number of years people live






22. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






23. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






24. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






25. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






26. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






27. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






29. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






30. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






31. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






32. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






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






34. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






35. All things that surround us.






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






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






38. 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.






39. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






40. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






43. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






44. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






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






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






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






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






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