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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. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






11. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






13. This is also referred to as a city






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






15. To officially approve.






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






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






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






19. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






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






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






23. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






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






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






26. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






27. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






28. Having industries for the machine production of goods






29. 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.






30. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






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






32. King/queen who has unlimited power






33. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. Government ruled by a few powerful people






39. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






40. 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






41. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






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






44. Mountains - deserts and oceans






45. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






47. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






48. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






49. Involving other countries






50. Officially ended the American Revolution