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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. To officially approve.






2. Modern Constitution






3. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






6. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






8. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






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






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






11. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.






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






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






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






15. An economic system in which all means of production are owned by the people - private property does not exist - and all goods and services are shared equally






16. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






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






18. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






19. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






20. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






23. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






24. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






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






26. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






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






29. Curbed States' Rights






30. Split in the church






31. Making goods out of the home






32. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






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






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






35. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






36. Average number of years people live






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






38. Having industries for the machine production of goods






39. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






42. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






43. Average income per person






44. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






45. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






46. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






48. 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






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






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