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






2. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






3. 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






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






5. Complaints






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






7. Established Judicial Review.






8. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






11. Tax on imports and exports.






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






13. Average number of years people live






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






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






16. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






17. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






18. 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.






19. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






20. 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.






21. People in a society that are willing and able to work






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






23. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






24. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






26. Separate is not equal in public Schools






27. Pride in ones country






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






29. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






30. These slow down movement/migration






31. Belief in one god






32. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






34. 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.






35. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






36. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






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






40. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






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






50. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'