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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. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






7. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






8. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






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






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






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






12. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






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






14. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






17. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over






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






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






20. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






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






22. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






24. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






26. Split in the church






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






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






29. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






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






31. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






32. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights






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






34. First organizing of 13 colonies.






35. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






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






38. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






39. Member of a country.






40. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






41. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






43. A government that elects its leaders






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






45. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






47. 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.






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






49. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






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