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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






2. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






5. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






6. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






14. First organizing of 13 colonies.






15. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






16. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






17. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






18. Having to do with one's own homeland






19. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






20. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






22. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






25. Involving other countries






26. First representative assembly in American






27. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






28. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






32. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






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






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






35. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






37. 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






38. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






39. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






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






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






44. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






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






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






48. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






49. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






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