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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. Limited the power of the King in 1215






2. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






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






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






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






6. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






7. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






8. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






9. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






10. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






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






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






15. Exchange of goods and services.






16. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






17. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






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






21. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






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






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






24. 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






25. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






26. Average income per person






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






28. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






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






30. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






31. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






32. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






34. Mountains - deserts and oceans






35. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






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






38. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






39. Separate is not equal in public Schools






40. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






42. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






44. These slow down movement/migration






45. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






48. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






49. Average number of years people live






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