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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






10. Average income per person






11. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






12. King of England during the American Revolution.






13. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






14. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






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






18. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






20. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






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






22. 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






23. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






24. 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






25. Mass production of food






26. People who settle and live in a colony






27. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






28. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






30. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






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






33. All things that surround us.






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






35. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






36. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. President of the United States during the Civil War






43. Belief in many gods






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






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






46. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






47. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






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