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






2. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






4. A government that elects its leaders






5. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






6. Modern Constitution






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






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






9. 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






10. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






11. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






12. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






13. First representative assembly in American






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






15. Tax on imports and exports.






16. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






17. Established Judicial Review.






18. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






19. 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






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






21. Average number of years people live






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Average income per person






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. Curbed States' Rights






32. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






33. 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






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






35. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






38. 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.






39. First organizing of 13 colonies.






40. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






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






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






43. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






46. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






47. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






48. 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.






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






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