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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. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






2. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






3. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






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






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. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






7. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






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






9. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






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






11. Belief in one god






12. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






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






16. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






17. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






18. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






20. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






22. This is also referred to as a city






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






24. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






27. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






28. People who settle and live in a colony






29. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe






30. Average income per person






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






32. Involving other countries






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






34. Pride in ones country






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






36. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






37. A government that elects its leaders






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






39. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






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






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






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






43. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






44. Modern Constitution






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






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






47. Limited the power of the King in 1215






48. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






49. Member of a country.






50. Small - scale production requiring little capital.