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






2. Mass production of food






3. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






4. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






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






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






7. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






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






9. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






10. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






11. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






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






14. 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.






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






16. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






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






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






19. First representative assembly in American






20. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






21. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






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






24. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






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






26. Average income per person






27. Tax on imports and exports.






28. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






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






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






33. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






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






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






36. Established Judicial Review.






37. This is also referred to as a city






38. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






40. Involving other countries






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






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






43. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






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






45. These slow down movement/migration






46. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






48. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






50. 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