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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. Actions or laws contrary to the Constitution as determined by the courts.






2. Average income per person






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






4. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






5. Mountains - deserts and oceans






6. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






7. Pride in ones country






8. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






9. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially






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






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






12. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






13. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






14. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






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






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






17. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






18. 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.






19. Belief in many gods






20. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain






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






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






23. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






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






27. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






29. 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.






30. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






31. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






32. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






33. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






34. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






36. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






43. All things that surround us.






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






45. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






46. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






47. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






48. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






50. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.