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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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1. 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
Republic
Force Bill
Middle Ages
Representative Democracy
2. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.
secondary source
domestic
Panama Canal
Traditional economy
3. 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.
Articles of Conf.
Cuneiform
Immigration patterns
1787
4. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.
15th Amendment
suffrage
Suez Canal
Mesoamerica civilizations
5. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu
Articles of Conf.
Separation of Powers .
Plessy v. Ferguson
Marbury v. Madison
6. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.
limited government
Force Bill
Taxation
English Bill of Rights
7. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
Mesoamerica civilizations
colonists
95 Theses
8. Right of groups of people to create their own nation
Sub - Saharan Africa .
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
Representative democracy
Self Determination
9. 1st written constitution
Irrigation Canals
Barriers
Latitude
Fund. Order of Conn.
10. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece
trade
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
Republic
Iron Curtain
11. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.
Thomas Jefferson
Latitude
13th Amendment
Per Capita Income
12. Mass production of food
bias
Republicanism
Commercial Agriculture
Subsistence economy
13. Modern Constitution
U.S. Constitution
English Bill of Rights
Subsistence economy
Constitutional Monarchy
14. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.
Demographics
secondary source
Limited Government
Age of Exploration & Colonization
15. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.
Representative Government
grievance
Longitude
trade
16. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money
Limited Government
1776
Thomas Jefferson
1215
17. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon
Parliament
Indulgences
Federalist Papers
Henry Ford
18. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government
International Trade
Hammurabi
level of development
Founding of Jamestown
19. King/queen who has unlimited power
95 Theses
Absolute Monarchy
Abraham Lincoln
Civil War
20. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled
Republicanism
Crusaders
Columbian Exchange
(naval) blockade
21. Having industries for the machine production of goods
George Washington
Industrialized
95 Theses
1791
22. Officially ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783
exports
Popular Sovereignty
1787-1789
23. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
nullify
secondary source
Abe Lincoln
ziggurats
24. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism
Bubonic Plague
Theocracy
Federalist Papers
Declaration of Independence
25. People who settle and live in a colony
Crusaders
amendment
Force Bill
colonists
26. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government
Separation of Powers
Enlightenment
Representative democracy
Magnetic Compass
27. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.
13th Amendment
Age of Reason
15th Amendment
unalienable
28. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government
Indulgences
Monotheism
Articles of Confederation
domestic
29. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.
Popular Sovereignty
English Bill of Rights
Anti - Federalist
Magna Carta
30. An official change to a law or document of government.
States Rights
amendment
trade
Magna Carta
31. President of the United States during the Civil War
1776
Fertile Crescent
Abraham Lincoln
Bartering
32. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.
international
15th Amendment
federalism
level of development
33. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
Cuneiform
Labor force
Bill of Rights
34. Making goods out of the home
Glorious/Bloodless Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Plessy v. Ferguson
Cottage industry
35. Upheld the idea of separated but equal
Civil War 1861-1865
Declaration of Independence
Plessy v. Ferguson
Inalienable/Unalienable
36. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.
exports
Canals
Abraham Lincoln
Latitude
37. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages
Declaration of Independence
Cathedrals
Federalism
1791
38. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
Latitude
Monroe doctrine
English Bill of Rights
secondary source
39. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.
Demographics
Indulgences
rural
secondary source
40. Meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation resulting in a new form of Government. Great Compromise.
Force Bill
House of Burgesses
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Conv.
41. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.
Civil War 1861-1865
Plessy v. Ferguson
Federalism
Republicanism
42. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia
Emancipation Proclamation
ziggurats
Republic
1776
43. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?
standard of living
1787-1789
Articles of Confederation
Subsistence agriculture
44. Government where the religious leader run the government
Separation of Powers .
Standard of living
Nullification Crisis
Theocracy
45. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.
14th Amendment
Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation
standard of living
46. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.
George Washington
Fund. Order of Conn.
amendment
Civil War 1861-1865
47. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws
Federalist Papers
Thomas Jefferson
Subsistence economy
The Senate
48. Battle of Hastings - centralized government
Panama Canal
rural
1066
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
49. Enlightened thinker/inventor. Oldest delegate to Const. Convention.
Ben Franklin
primary source
nullify
Industrialization
50. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed
Andean civilization
Subsistence economy
1215
Magnetic Compass
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