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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. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






2. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






4. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






5. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






7. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






8. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






11. This is also referred to as a city






12. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






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






15. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






16. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






17. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






19. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






20. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






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






22. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






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






24. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






25. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






27. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






29. Complaints






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






31. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






37. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






38. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






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






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






41. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






42. Belief in one god






43. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






44. 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.






45. 1st written constitution






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






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






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






49. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






50. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.