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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






3. 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






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






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






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






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






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






9. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






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






11. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






13. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






15. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






16. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






17. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






18. Belief in one god






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






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






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






22. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






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






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






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






26. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






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






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






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






31. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






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






33. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






34. 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.






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






36. King/queen who has unlimited power






37. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






38. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






40. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






41. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






42. Government ruled by a few powerful people






43. Curbed States' Rights






44. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






47. This is also referred to as a city






48. Split in the church






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






50. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.