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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government
Enlightenment
The Nullification Crisis
Constitutional Conv.
Republic
2. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages
secondary source
imports
Cathedrals
Brown v. Board of Edu.
3. Battle of Hastings - centralized government
Federalism
Karl Marx
(naval) blockade
1066
4. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.
amendment
Industrial Revolution
Mayflower Compact
Separation of Powers
5. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.
Latitude
Consent of the Governed
Industrial Revolution
Nationalism
6. Belief in many gods
Polytheism
Federalist Papers
unalienable
Abe Lincoln
7. King of England during the American Revolution.
amendment
Magna Carta
Humanism
King George III
8. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code
Industrial Revolution
Justinian
era
Cottage industry
9. Involving other countries
bias
Plessy v. Ferguson
international
Fund. Order of Conn.
10. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.
1776
(naval) blockade
Consent of the Governed
International Trade
11. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.
rural
English Bill of Rights
federalism
Federalist Papers
12. 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.
Checks and Balances
Demographics
English Bill of Rights
suffrage
13. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.
Declaration of Indepen.
End of Reconstruction
Treaty of Paris 1783
Renaissance
14. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches
citizen
era
Middle Ages
Checks and Balances
15. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.
Emancipation Proclamation
Articles of Conf.
Enlightenment
95 Theses
16. Leader of Great Britain in WWII who coined the phrase Iron Curtain
Bartering
Republicanism
14th Amendment
Winston Churchill
17. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government
English Bill of Rights
States Rights
Natural Barriers
Sub - Saharan Africa .
18. Separate is not equal in public Schools
Commercial Agriculture
exports
Abraham Lincoln
Brown v. Board of Edu.
19. U.S. Constitution written by delegates to the Constitutional Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation and decided to draft a new plan of government for the U.S.
1787
Latitude
Popular Sovereignty
Anti - Federalists
20. Movement of people from on country or location to another
Bill of Rights
Monotheism
market - oriented agriculture
Migration
21. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.
bias
Atlantic Slave Trade
Federalist
Articles of Confederation
22. To officially approve.
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Bill of Rights
McCullough v. Maryland
ratify
23. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled
Columbian Exchange
Crusaders
Magna Carta
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
24. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Force Bill
House of Burgesses
Columbian Exchange
25. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights
Scientific Revolution
Bill of Rights
Cotton Gin
End of Reconstruction
26. Split in the church
Schism
Representative democracy
Montesquieu
Republic
27. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers
Hammurabi
Factory System
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Draco
28. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans
Bartering
Bill of Rights
Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
29. Mountains - deserts and oceans
U.S. Constitution
Fund. Order of Conn.
Natural Barriers
Literacy Rate
30. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.
ziggurats
grievance
cultural diffusion
Communism/Command Economy
31. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government
Bill of Rights
1787-1789
ziggurats
Representative democracy
32. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money
Limited Government
Factory System
Renaissance
Humanism
33. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded
Thomas Jefferson
imports
International Trade
1066
34. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.
Articles of Confederation
ziggurats
13th Amendment
limited government
35. People who settle and live in a colony
Atlantic Slave Trade
Articles of Confederation
Federalist Papers
colonists
36. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.
standard of living
federalism
Iron Curtain
Scientific Revolution
37. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.
Latitude
1863 Emancipation Pro
Age of Exploration & Colonization
Natural Barriers
38. Mass production of food
Scientific Revolution
Commercial Agriculture
unalienable
Abe Lincoln
39. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia
Founding of Jamestown
trade
standard of living
Cuneiform
40. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
Longitude
Parliament
Straits
Self Determination
41. Established Judicial Review.
Mesoamerica civilizations
Indulgences
Marbury v. Madison
limited government
42. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory
Land Ordinance of 1785
Suez Canal
ratify
Bill of Rights
43. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe
Free - enterprise economic system
Republic
Cotton Gin
Scientific Revolution
44. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North
Civil War
citizen
trade
Per Capita Income
45. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.
13th Amendment
Indulgences
International Trade
Oligarchy
46. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens
Direct Democracy
Anti - Federalists
Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution
47. This is also referred to as a city
Urban
Civil War
Civil War 1861-1865
Demographics
48. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)
Age of Reason
Suez Canal
Mayflower Compact
Basic Needs
49. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece
Fertile Crescent
15th Amendment
ratify
Republic
50. Limited the power of the King in 1215
Emancipation Proclamation
Magna Carta
Printing Press
Articles of Confederation