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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. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






2. Mass production of food






3. Belief in many gods






4. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






5. 1st written constitution






6. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






8. 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.






9. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






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






12. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






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






14. Having to do with one's own homeland






15. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






16. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






18. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






19. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






20. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






21. Established Judicial Review.






22. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






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






24. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






26. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






27. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






28. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






31. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






32. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






33. Member of a country.






34. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






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






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






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






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






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






40. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






41. To officially approve.






42. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






43. Split in the church






44. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






46. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






47. Belief in one god






48. 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.






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






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