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






2. Government where the religious leader run the government






3. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






6. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






7. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






10. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






12. Member of a country.






13. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






15. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






16. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






17. People in a society that are willing and able to work






18. Belief in one god






19. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






20. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






21. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






30. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






31. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






32. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






33. First representative assembly in American






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






35. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






37. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






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






39. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






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






42. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






43. Mountains - deserts and oceans






44. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






45. First organizing of 13 colonies.






46. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






48. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






50. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture