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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






2. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






3. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






4. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






5. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






7. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






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






9. Tax on imports and exports.






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






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






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






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






14. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






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






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






17. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






18. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






21. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






22. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






23. All things that surround us.






24. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






25. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






26. One of the 1st written Constitutions of the Colonies. (1639)






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






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






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






30. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






32. Curbed States' Rights






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






34. Split in the church






35. Economic thinker that developed communism






36. 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






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






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






39. Modern Constitution






40. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






41. Who opposed the Constitution?






42. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






43. 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.






44. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






46. Established Judicial Review.






47. 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






48. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






49. 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.






50. Up and down - vertical lines on a map