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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






2. Pride in ones country






3. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






4. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






5. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






7. The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government.






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






9. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






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






11. 1st written constitution






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






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






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






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






16. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






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






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






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






21. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






23. Separate is not equal in public Schools






24. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






25. Split in the church






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






27. These slow down movement/migration






28. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






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






31. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.






32. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






33. People in a society that are willing and able to work






34. Food - clothing - shelter (water is food)






35. Modern Constitution






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






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






38. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






39. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






40. Freed slaves in the seceded states of rebellion.






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






42. Mountains - deserts and oceans






43. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.






44. Officially ended the American Revolution






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






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






47. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






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






49. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






50. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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