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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. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






3. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






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






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






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






7. Making goods out of the home






8. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






10. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






11. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






12. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






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






15. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






16. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






19. Having to do with one's own homeland






20. All things that surround us.






21. Average income per person






22. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






23. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






26. Mass production of food






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






28. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






30. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






31. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






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






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






34. Pride in ones country






35. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






36. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






38. These slow down movement/migration






39. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






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






41. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






43. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






44. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






45. Complaints






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






47. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






48. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






50. Government where the religious leader run the government