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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






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






4. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






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






7. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






8. Mountains - deserts and oceans






9. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






10. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






12. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






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






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






15. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






16. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






17. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






24. Established Judicial Review.






25. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






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






27. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






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






29. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






30. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






31. People who settle and live in a colony






32. Curbed States' Rights






33. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






34. This is also referred to as a city






35. 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.






36. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






37. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






39. Split in the church






40. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






41. First representative assembly in American






42. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






43. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






44. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






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






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






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






48. 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






49. To officially approve.






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