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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. All things that surround us.






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






3. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






4. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






5. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






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






7. Separate is not equal in public Schools






8. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






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






11. 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






12. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Member of a country.






20. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






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






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






23. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






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






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






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






33. Belief in many gods






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






35. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






36. Who opposed the Constitution?






37. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






38. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






39. A government that elects its leaders






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






41. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






42. Average income per person






43. Making goods out of the home






44. First representative assembly in American






45. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






47. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






48. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






49. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






50. Developed complex societies such as the Inca