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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. People who settle and live in a colony






2. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






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






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






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






6. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






7. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






8. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






10. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






11. A government that elects its leaders






12. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






13. Pride in ones country






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






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






16. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






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






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






19. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






20. Involving other countries






21. Officially ended the American Revolution






22. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






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






24. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






25. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






28. Making goods out of the home






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






30. This is also referred to as a city






31. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






33. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






35. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






36. Mountains - deserts and oceans






37. These slow down movement/migration






38. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






40. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






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






42. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






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






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






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






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






47. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






50. Having to do with one's own homeland