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






2. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






3. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.






4. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






6. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






7. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






8. Union vs. Confederacy. Jefferson Davis is President of the South; Lincoln of the North






9. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






10. Having to do with one's own homeland






11. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






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






13. Gives citizenship rights to all people born of naturalized in the U.S. It states that citizens will have equal protection under the law.






14. Government ruled by a few powerful people






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






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






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






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






23. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






24. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






25. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






27. Officially ended the American Revolution






28. Split in the church






29. 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.






30. Making goods out of the home






31. 1st written constitution






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






33. Curbed States' Rights






34. First representative assembly in American






35. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






37. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






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






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






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






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






42. Government that votes for representatives who serve in the government to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people






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






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






45. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






46. Mass production of food






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






48. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






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






50. Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe