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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. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






2. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






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






4. 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






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






6. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






8. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






9. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






10. Belief in one god






11. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






12. Curbed States' Rights






13. Average income per person






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






15. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






16. Involving other countries






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






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






19. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






20. People in a society that are willing and able to work






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






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






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






24. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere






25. Mountains - deserts and oceans






26. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






27. 1st written constitution






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






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






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






31. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






33. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






34. To officially approve.






35. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






36. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






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






38. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






41. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






42. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






43. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






44. A government that elects its leaders






45. These slow down movement/migration






46. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






47. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






48. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






49. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






50. Government ruled by a few powerful people