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






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






3. Government process of charging a fee on goods - products - people and/or activities






4. Government where the religious leader run the government






5. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






7. Established Judicial Review.






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






9. 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.






10. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






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






12. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






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






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






15. People who settle and live in a colony






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






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






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






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






20. All things that surround us.






21. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






22. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






23. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






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






26. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






29. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






30. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






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






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






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






34. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






35. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






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






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






39. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






41. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






42. Pride in ones country






43. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






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






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






46. King of England during the American Revolution.






47. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






50. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture