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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. Mass production of food






2. 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.






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






4. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






5. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






6. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






8. Complaints






9. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






10. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






11. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






12. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






13. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






14. All things that surround us.






15. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






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






17. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






19. 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






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






21. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






23. Belief in one god






24. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






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






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






27. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






28. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






29. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






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






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






32. A government that elects its leaders






33. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






35. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






36. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






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






39. Who opposed the Constitution?






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






41. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






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






43. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






44. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






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






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






47. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






48. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






49. Belief in many gods






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