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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. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






4. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






5. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






6. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






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






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






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






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






11. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






12. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






13. 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.






14. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






16. Belief in one god






17. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






18. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






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






20. Limited the power of the King in 1215






21. 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






22. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






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






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






26. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






27. Officially ended the American Revolution






28. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






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






30. Curbed States' Rights






31. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






32. All things that surround us.






33. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






34. These slow down movement/migration






35. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






36. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






37. Average income per person






38. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






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






40. Modern Constitution






41. First organizing of 13 colonies.






42. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






43. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






44. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






45. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






46. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






47. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






48. This is also referred to as a city






49. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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