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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. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






3. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






5. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






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






8. Government ruled by a few powerful people






9. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






11. Split in the church






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






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






14. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






15. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.






16. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






17. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






19. Average income per person






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






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






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






23. Government where the religious leader run the government






24. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






25. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






26. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






28. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






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






30. To officially approve.






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






32. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






33. Tax on imports and exports.






34. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






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






36. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






37. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






38. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






40. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






41. Officially ended the American Revolution






42. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






43. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






44. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






45. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






46. Having industries for the machine production of goods






47. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






49. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






50. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade