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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






2. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






3. Involving other countries






4. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






5. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






6. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






7. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






10. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






13. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






15. 1st written constitution






16. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






18. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






20. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






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






23. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






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






25. 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






26. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






28. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






30. To officially approve.






31. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






32. This is also referred to as a city






33. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






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






35. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






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






38. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






39. Average number of years people live






40. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






42. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






43. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






44. Mass production of food






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






46. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






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






48. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






50. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)