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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. Tax on imports and exports.






2. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






3. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






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






6. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






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






8. Member of a country.






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






10. Average income per person






11. People who settle and live in a colony






12. Mass production of food






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






14. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






15. 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.






16. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






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






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






19. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






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






22. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






23. Making goods out of the home






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






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






26. To officially approve.






27. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






28. First organizing of 13 colonies.






29. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






30. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






31. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






32. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






33. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






35. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






37. Belief in one god






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






39. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






40. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






42. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






43. Modern Constitution






44. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






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






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






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






48. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






50. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe