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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






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






4. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






5. Pride in ones country






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






7. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






8. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






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






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






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






13. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






16. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






17. Average income per person






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






19. Mass production of food






20. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






21. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






23. Established Judicial Review.






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






25. 1st written constitution






26. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






27. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






28. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






29. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






31. Economic thinker that developed communism






32. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






33. 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.






34. Separate is not equal in public Schools






35. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






36. 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.






37. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






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






41. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






42. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






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






44. Split in the church






45. Having industries for the machine production of goods






46. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






47. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






49. Who opposed the Constitution?






50. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded