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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. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






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






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






4. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






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






6. Average income per person






7. President of the United States during the Civil War






8. Split in the church






9. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






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






11. Mass production of food






12. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






13. Economic thinker that developed communism






14. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






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






16. The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.






17. 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






18. Average number of years people live






19. All things that surround us.






20. Exchange of goods and services.






21. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






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






23. 1st written constitution






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






25. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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






27. Limited the power of the King in 1215






28. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






29. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.






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






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






32. Complaints






33. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






34. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






35. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






36. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






37. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






48. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






49. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






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