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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






2. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






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. Officially ended the American Revolution






5. To officially approve.






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






7. Involving other countries






8. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






9. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






10. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






11. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






12. Belief in one god






13. Established Judicial Review.






14. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






16. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






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






18. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. Economic thinker that developed communism






25. Modern Constitution






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






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






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






29. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






30. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






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






34. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






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






37. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






38. 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






39. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






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






42. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






43. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






44. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






45. 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






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






47. 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.






48. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






50. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture







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