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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
English Bill of Rights
Barriers
Popular Sovereignty
2. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.
Unconstitutional
Traditional economy
Checks and Balances
Emancipation Proclamation
3. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.
Magna Carta
Direct Democracy
Fund. Order of Conn.
1776
4. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe
Adam Smith
Magna Carta
Iron Curtain
Totalitarianism
5. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece
Republic
Representative Democracy
Bill of Rights
Monroe doctrine
6. Tax on imports and exports.
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Republic
tariff
Adam Smith
7. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)
Capitalism/Market Economy
tariff
Henry Ford
Thomas Jefferson
8. 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.
Oligarchy
Articles of Confederation
ziggurats
Montesquieu
9. Up and down - vertical lines on a map
Civil War 1861-1865
Longitude
limited government
Latitude
10. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc
Demographics
Industrialized
Henry Ford
Bartering
11. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon
Age of Reason
Indulgences
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Taxation
12. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights
subsistence agriculture
Emancipation Proclamation
cultural diffusion
Inalienable/Unalienable
13. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.
Mayflower Compact
1863 Emancipation Pro
unalienable
Communism/Command Economy
14. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches
subsistence agriculture
Straits
Checks and Balances
Atlantic Slave Trade
15. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution
Renaissance
domestic
Marbury v. Madison
amendment
16. 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
(naval) blockade
Checks and Balances
End of Reconstruction
Communism/Command Economy
17. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.
Articles of Confederation
Limited Government
Demographics
George Washington
18. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded
tariff
bias
Popular Sovereignty
International Trade
19. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages
Magna Carta
Marbury v. Madison
Civil War
Cathedrals
20. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.
cultural diffusion
Draco
Literacy Rate
Life Expectancy
21. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot
(naval) blockade
Federalism
standard of living
Mesoamerica civilizations
22. Routes of human movement from one area into another.
Scientific Revolution
Immigration patterns
Industrialized
primary source
23. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.
Republic
Magna Carta
Demographics
15th Amendment
24. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.
Straits of Hormuz
Andean civilization
Longitude
Emancipation Proclamation
25. This is also referred to as a city
Urban
suburban
Direct Democracy
Iron Curtain
26. Developed complex societies such as the Inca
Schism
Andean civilization
George Washington
Bubonic Plague
27. Flat - horizontal lines on a map
Latitude
1787-1789
Straits of Hormuz
Mesoamerica civilizations
28. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
House of Burgesses
Thomas Jefferson
Silk Road
15th Amendment
29. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.
secondary source
Natural Rights / Individual Rights
International Trade
Thomas Jefferson
30. King/queen who has unlimited power
Absolute Monarchy
Straits
Free - enterprise economic system
Direct Democracy
31. These slow down movement/migration
The Senate
Barriers
Constitutional Monarchy
Industrialization
32. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans
Bill of Rights
primary source
Renaissance
Consent of the Governed
33. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.
Schism
Bill of Rights
Parliament
Representative Democracy
34. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government
House of Burgesses
Latitude
suburban
Articles of Confederation
35. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas
Bill of Rights
Ben Franklin
Secularism
domestic
36. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights
Bill of Rights
Marbury v. Madison
subsistence agriculture
Traditional economy
37. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Federalist Papers
Representative democracy
Industrial Revolution
38. A government that elects its leaders
Adam Smith
grievance
English Bill of Rights
Republic
39. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.
Montesquieu
Magnetic Compass
ratify
Ben Franklin
40. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)
secondary source
limited government
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Industrial Revolution
41. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Force Bill
King George III
42. Belief in many gods
Cathedrals
Printing Press
Straits of Hormuz
Polytheism
43. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production
Cotton Gin
Panama Canal
Representative Government
Thomas Jefferson
44. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights
Cuneiform
King George III
Limited Government
English Bill of Rights
45. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture
era
Separation of Powers
13th Amendment
Subsistence economy
46. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)
(naval) blockade
Draco
Age of Reason
Basic Needs
47. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe
House of Burgesses
Scientific Revolution
unalienable
Republicanism
48. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government
1863 Emancipation Pro
Magna Carta
Basic Needs
veto
49. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.
suburban
Articles of Confederation
Individual Rights
Ben Franklin
50. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.
Traditional economy
Industrialization
End of Reconstruction
English Bill of Rights