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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. King of England during the American Revolution.






2. To officially approve.






3. Established Judicial Review.






4. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






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






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






7. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






8. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






9. First representative assembly in American






10. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






11. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






12. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






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






16. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






17. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






18. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






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






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






23. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






24. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






25. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






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






28. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






29. Limited the power of the King in 1215






30. This is also referred to as a city






31. An official change to a law or document of government.






32. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






33. 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






34. Involving other countries






35. 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






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






37. 1st written constitution






38. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






39. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






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






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






42. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






44. Tax on imports and exports.






45. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






47. Exchange of goods and services.






48. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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