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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






2. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






4. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






5. An official change to a law or document of government.






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






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






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






9. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






11. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






12. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






14. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






15. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






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






17. People who settle and live in a colony






18. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






19. 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






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






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






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






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






24. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






25. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






26. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






27. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






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






31. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






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






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






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






35. The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.






36. Mass production of food






37. Member of a country.






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






39. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






40. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






41. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






42. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






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






44. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






46. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






47. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






48. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






49. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






50. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.