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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






2. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






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






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






6. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






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






8. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






9. Split in the church






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






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






12. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






13. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






14. Limited the power of the King in 1215






15. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






18. Lincoln frees slaves in the states of rebellion.






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






20. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






21. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






22. King of England during the American Revolution.






23. King/queen who has unlimited power






24. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






25. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






26. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






27. 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.






28. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






30. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






37. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






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






39. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






40. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






42. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






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






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






45. Officially ended the American Revolution






46. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






47. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






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






49. Having industries for the machine production of goods






50. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code







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