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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






2. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation






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






4. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






5. 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.






6. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






7. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






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






10. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






11. Average income per person






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






13. Tax on imports and exports.






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






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






16. Mass production of food






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






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






19. Complaints






20. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






22. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






23. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches






24. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






25. An official change to a law or document of government.






26. Belief in one god






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






28. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






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






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






33. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






35. 1st written constitution






36. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






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






38. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






39. Involving other countries






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






41. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






42. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.






43. All things that surround us.






44. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






45. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.






46. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






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






49. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






50. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.