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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
Straits
cultural diffusion
Limited Government
Individual Rights
2. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation
Declaration of Independence
The Nullification Crisis
Marbury v. Madison
bias
3. Small - scale production requiring little capital.
Land Ordinance of 1785
Oligarchy
Per Capita Income
cottage industry
4. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
urban
Consent of the Governed
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
5. 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
95 Theses
Anti - Federalist
Thomas Jefferson
Natural Barriers
6. People in a society that are willing and able to work
Labor force
English Bill of Rights
rural
Bill of Rights
7. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles
Thomas Jefferson
Communism/Command Economy
Henry Ford
grievance
8. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government
John Locke
U.S. Constitution
Nullification Crisis
domestic
9. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)
Federalist
Schism
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
Civil War
10. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.
unalienable
Humanism
Standard of living
level of development
11. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)
Mayflower Compact
Bill of Rights
House of Burgesses
suburban
12. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)
(naval) blockade
secondary source
Demographics
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
13. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government
Founding of Jamestown
Thomas Jefferson
Federalist Papers
Representative Democracy
14. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.
veto
Industrial Revolution
Fund. Order of Conn.
Nullification Crisis
15. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government
End of Reconstruction
Inalienable/Unalienable
Monroe doctrine
1791
16. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany
Magna Carta
King George III
Totalitarianism
Andean civilization
17. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers
Individual Rights
Subsistence agriculture
Factory System
14th Amendment
18. Curbed States' Rights
The Senate
federalism
Magna Carta
McCullough v. Maryland
19. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.
bias
Individual Rights
Theocracy
Federalism
20. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.
Famine
Federalist Papers
The Nullification Crisis
1863 Emancipation Pro
21. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase
Abe Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
Checks and Balances
22. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.
15th Amendment
George Washington
Self Determination
Parliament
23. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code
(naval) blockade
Abe Lincoln
Adam Smith
Justinian
24. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded
amendment
International Trade
Marbury v. Madison
Limited Government
25. All things that surround us.
Industrial Revolution
Sub - Saharan Africa .
environment
Per Capita Income
26. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.
Justinian
1215
Representative Government
Karl Marx
27. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.
era
Limited Government
tariff
Protestant Reformation
28. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.
1215
George Washington
Bill of Rights
Land Ordinance of 1785
29. Officially ended the American Revolution
Founding of Jamestown
suburban
Treaty of Paris 1783
Printing Press
30. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production
Hammurabi
federalism
Treaty of Paris 1783
Cotton Gin
31. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves
Indulgences
Emancipation Proclamation
15th Amendment
Columbian Exchange
32. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government
Representative democracy
exports
Plessy v. Ferguson
veto
33. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.
Civil War 1861-1865
Civil War
market - oriented agriculture
Barriers
34. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.
1863 Emancipation Pro
Monotheism
Individual Rights
Marbury v. Madison
35. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people
Representative Democracy
Plessy v. Ferguson
standard of living
Abraham Lincoln
36. Percent of people in a country that can read and write
Articles of Confederation
The Senate
suburban
Literacy Rate
37. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture
Subsistence economy
Emancipation Proclamation
Cotton Gin
Consent of the Governed
38. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe
Adam Smith
Draco
Industrial Revolution
Iron Curtain
39. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.
market - oriented agriculture
Industrialized
imports
1787
40. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed
Treaty of Paris 1783
1215
Declaration of Independence
trade
41. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?
Individual Rights
Longitude
limited government
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
42. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region
Unconstitutional
Enlightenment
Atlantic Slave Trade
Labor force
43. Modern Constitution
Draco
1066
U.S. Constitution
Civil War 1861-1865
44. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
14th Amendment
Civil War
secondary source
(naval) blockade
45. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
46. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.
States Rights
Consent of the Governed
Literacy Rate
George Washington
47. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.
Magna Carta
Per Capita Income
rural
Mayflower Compact
48. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory
Karl Marx
English Bill of Rights
Land Ordinance of 1785
Atlantic Slave Trade
49. A government that elects its leaders
Mayflower Compact
Middle Ages
Imperialism
Republic
50. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.
Irrigation Canals
End of Reconstruction
Ben Franklin
Self Determination