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






2. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






3. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






11. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






12. President of the United States during the Civil War






13. Movement of people from on country or location to another






14. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






15. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






16. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






17. These slow down movement/migration






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






19. First representative assembly in American






20. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






21. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






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






23. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






24. 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






25. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






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






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






30. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






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






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






33. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






35. All things that surround us.






36. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






37. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






38. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






41. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






42. People who settle and live in a colony






43. Pride in ones country






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






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






46. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






47. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






48. Involving other countries






49. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






50. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights