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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. 1st written constitution






2. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






3. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






4. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






5. This is also referred to as a city






6. Making goods out of the home






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






8. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






10. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






11. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






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






14. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






16. Exchange of goods and services.






17. All things that surround us.






18. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






20. People who settle and live in a colony






21. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






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






24. Belief in many gods






25. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






27. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






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






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






30. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






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






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






33. Having industries for the machine production of goods






34. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






35. First representative assembly in American






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






37. 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.






38. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






39. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






40. Split in the church






41. Having to do with one's own homeland






42. Curbed States' Rights






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






44. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






45. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






46. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






49. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






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