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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






2. Average income per person






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






4. Mass production of food






5. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






6. This is also referred to as a city






7. Limited the power of the King in 1215






8. Member of a country.






9. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






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






11. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






13. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






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






16. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






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






18. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






19. Tax on imports and exports.






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






21. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






23. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






24. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






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






26. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






27. Growing crops for the commercial sale and distribution to domestic and international buyers.






28. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






39. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






40. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






41. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






42. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






43. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






44. 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






45. President of the United States during the Civil War






46. 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






47. Involving other countries






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






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






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.