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






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






3. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






4. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






5. To officially approve.






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






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






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






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






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






11. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






12. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






13. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






20. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






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






22. King/queen who has unlimited power






23. 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.






24. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






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






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






28. Tax on imports and exports.






29. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






30. Average income per person






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






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






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






34. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






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






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






37. 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






38. Belief in one god






39. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






40. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






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






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






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






45. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.






46. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






47. Making goods out of the home






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






49. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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