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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






2. All things that surround us.






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






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






5. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






6. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






7. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






8. Involving other countries






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






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






11. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






12. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






13. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






15. Exchange of goods and services.






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






17. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






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






19. Having industries for the machine production of goods






20. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






21. 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.






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






23. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






24. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






26. Who opposed the Constitution?






27. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






28. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






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






30. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






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






32. Established Judicial Review.






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






34. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






36. People who settle and live in a colony






37. 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






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






39. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






41. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






42. Limited the power of the King in 1215






43. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






45. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






47. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






48. These slow down movement/migration






49. Complaints






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