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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






3. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






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






5. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






7. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






8. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






10. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






11. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






13. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






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






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






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






18. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






19. Average income per person






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






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






22. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






23. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






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






26. Modern Constitution






27. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






28. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






29. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Curbed States' Rights






39. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






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






41. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






42. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






43. Split in the church






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






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






46. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






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






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






49. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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