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






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






3. 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






4. Government where the religious leader run the government






5. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






6. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






7. 1st written constitution






8. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






9. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






10. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






11. To officially approve.






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






13. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






15. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






16. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






17. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






20. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






21. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






22. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






25. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






26. Pride in ones country






27. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






28. Limited the power of the King in 1215






29. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






31. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






32. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






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






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






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






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






38. A government that elects its leaders






39. Split in the church






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






41. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






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






43. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






44. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






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






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






47. Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government






48. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






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






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