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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






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






3. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






4. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






5. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






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






7. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






8. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






9. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






10. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






12. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






13. Economic thinker that developed communism






14. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






16. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






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






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






19. Mass production of food






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






21. Average income per person






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






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






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






25. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






26. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






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






28. Pride in ones country






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






30. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






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






34. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






36. Belief in one god






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






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






39. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






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






41. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






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






43. First organizing of 13 colonies.






44. This is also referred to as a city






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






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






47. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






48. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






49. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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







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