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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. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






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






3. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






6. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






7. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






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






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






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






12. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






14. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






15. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






16. President of the United States during the Civil War






17. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






19. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






20. 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






21. Pride in ones country






22. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






24. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






25. Average income per person






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






27. Government ruled by a few powerful people






28. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






29. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






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






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






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






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






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






35. First organizing of 13 colonies.






36. To declare something to be without power or effect; to disregard the power of something.






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






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






39. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






41. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






42. Established Judicial Review.






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






44. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






45. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






48. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






49. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






50. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.