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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






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






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






4. First organizing of 13 colonies.






5. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






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






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






8. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






9. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






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






12. All things that surround us.






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






14. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






15. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






16. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






17. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






19. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






20. These slow down movement/migration






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






22. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






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






24. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






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






27. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






28. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






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






32. Separate is not equal in public Schools






33. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






34. Belief in many gods






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. King/queen who has unlimited power






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






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






44. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






46. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






47. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






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






50. Having to do with one's own homeland