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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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1. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






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






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






4. Belief in one god






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






6. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






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






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






10. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






11. Rules established by Pilgrims for how to organize self - government at Plymouth






12. Exchange of goods and services.






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






14. Split in the church






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






16. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.






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






18. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






20. First representative assembly in American






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






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






23. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)






24. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.






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






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






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






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






29. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






30. Involving other countries






31. 1st written constitution






32. A government that elects its leaders






33. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






34. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






35. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






36. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






37. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






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






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






42. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






43. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






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






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






46. Having industries for the machine production of goods






47. This is also referred to as a city






48. Banned slavery throughout the nation.






49. King of England during the American Revolution.






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







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