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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. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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






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






5. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






15. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






16. 1st written constitution






17. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






18. Belief in one god






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






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






21. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






22. These slow down movement/migration






23. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






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






25. 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






26. 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.






27. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






29. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






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






32. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






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






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






36. Limited the power of the King in 1215






37. To officially approve.






38. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






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






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






41. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






42. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






43. Split in the church






44. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






45. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






46. 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






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






48. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






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