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






2. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






3. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






6. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






8. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






9. 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.






10. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






11. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






12. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






14. 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.






15. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






16. First representative assembly in American






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






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






19. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






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






21. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






23. Average income per person






24. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






25. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






27. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






28. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






29. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






30. To officially approve.






31. First organizing of 13 colonies.






32. These slow down movement/migration






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






34. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






35. President of the United States during the Civil War






36. Complaints






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






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






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






40. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






41. Involving other countries






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






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






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






45. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






48. Limited the power of the King in 1215






49. Mass production of food






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