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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






2. 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






3. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






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






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






6. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






7. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






8. Split in the church






9. Curbed States' Rights






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






11. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






12. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






13. Member of a country.






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






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






16. Having industries for the machine production of goods






17. People who settle and live in a colony






18. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






20. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






22. Making goods out of the home






23. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






24. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






25. Modern Constitution






26. Limited the power of the King in 1215






27. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






28. Tax on imports and exports.






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






30. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






31. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






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






33. 1st written constitution






34. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






35. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






37. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






38. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






40. Involving other countries






41. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






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






43. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






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






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






48. Economic thinker that developed communism






49. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






50. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.