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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. Exchange of goods and services.






2. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






3. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






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






5. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






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






7. 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






8. Making goods out of the home






9. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






10. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






11. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






12. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






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






14. All things that surround us.






15. A government that elects its leaders






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






17. First representative assembly in American






18. First organizing of 13 colonies.






19. King of England during the American Revolution.






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






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






22. Who opposed the Constitution?






23. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






24. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






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






26. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






27. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






28. England's overthrow of the monarchy and establishment of a constitutional monarchy (representative government)






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






30. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc






31. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






33. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






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






35. Separate is not equal in public Schools






36. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






37. 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.






38. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






40. Average number of children that die by the age of 5






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






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






48. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






49. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






50. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness