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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






3. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






4. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






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






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






7. A government that elects its leaders






8. Established Judicial Review.






9. Who opposed the Constitution?






10. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






12. Modern Constitution






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






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






15. These slow down movement/migration






16. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






17. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






19. The spread of ideas - people and places to new places






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






21. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






22. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






28. Tax on imports and exports.






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected






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






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






37. Average income per person






38. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






39. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






40. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






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






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






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






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






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






46. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






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






48. All things that surround us.






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






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