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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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1. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Bubonic Plague
Marbury v. Madison
1863 Emancipation Pro
2. Movement of people from on country or location to another
Canals
1787
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
Migration
3. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Per Capita Income
Marbury v. Madison
Fertile Crescent
Printing Press
4. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)
grievance
Panama Canal
Mayflower Compact
John Locke
5. Trading goods or services for other goods or services
Mayflower Compact (1620)
cultural diffusion
Bartering
Basic Needs
6. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.
Popular Sovereignty
Industrialized
Silk Road
Adam Smith
7. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe
Emancipation Proclamation
cultural diffusion
13th Amendment
Scientific Revolution
8. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu
bias
Representative Democracy
Life Expectancy
Separation of Powers .
9. 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.
Federalist
Winston Churchill
Articles of Confederation
tariff
10. 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
Commercial Agriculture
Montesquieu
Silk Road
Popular Sovereignty
11. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Karl Marx
Monroe doctrine
Industrialized
12. Information that comes from other sources such as a textbook - encyclopedia.
nullify
Age of Exploration & Colonization
secondary source
Republic
13. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.
George Washington
Federalist Papers
Ben Franklin
Magna Carta
14. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery
95 Theses
Abraham Lincoln
Mesoamerica civilizations
Civil War
15. Routes of human movement from one area into another.
Immigration patterns
Ben Franklin
George Washington
Constitutional Conv.
16. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Bubonic Plague
Natural Rights / Individual Rights
17. Average number of years people live
Separation of Powers
Bill of Rights
Life Expectancy
Basic Needs
18. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot
Federalism
14th Amendment
(naval) blockade
Inalienable/Unalienable
19. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.
Irrigation Canals
Constitutional Conv.
Industrial Revolution
George Washington
20. Power is divided between the state government and the federal government with some powers shared.
Federalism
Articles of Confederation
ratify
Treaty of Paris 1783
21. People in a society that are willing and able to work
Communism/Command Economy
Labor force
14th Amendment
Direct Democracy
22. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia
Humanism
Industrial Revolution
Cuneiform
Age of Exploration & Colonization
23. Complaints
grievance
Labor force
Irrigation Canals
Straits of Hormuz
24. Guaranteed/protected basic rights of the English citizens and foundation for US Bill of Rights
English Bill of Rights
era
Mayflower Compact
Nullification Crisis
25. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.
ziggurats
Atlantic Slave Trade
Federalism
subsistence agriculture
26. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.
bias
English Bill of Rights
95 Theses
Absolute Monarchy
27. Battle of Hastings - centralized government
1066
Federalist Papers
Emancipation Proclamation
Constitutional Monarchy
28. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia
Plessy v. Ferguson
Immigration patterns
ziggurats
Andean civilization
29. Average income per person
Per Capita Income
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
Federalist Papers
Age of Exploration & Colonization
30. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles
suburban
Crusaders
13th Amendment
Henry Ford
31. The idea that government is controlled by the people who hold power and elect representatives - giving those representatives power to make and enforce laws.
bias
The Senate
Winston Churchill
Republicanism
32. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education
Standard of living
Constitutional Conv.
Industrial Revolution
Direct Democracy
33. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
imports
Subsistence economy
George Washington
34. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.
Industrial Revolution
George Washington
rural
Articles of Conf.
35. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
Monotheism
Middle Ages
14th Amendment
Suez Canal
36. An original document - artifact - picture - journal - cartoon from the period in which an event occurred or a record from a person who participated in the event.
primary source
George Washington
Magna Carta
Emancipation Proclamation
37. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon
U.S. Constitution
federalism
Indulgences
Protestant Reformation
38. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed
1215
Federalism
Canals
Cathedrals
39. Having just enough food to survive with very little left over
Subsistence agriculture
Popular Sovereignty
End of Reconstruction
George Washington
40. Upheld the idea of separated but equal
Republicanism
Atlantic Slave Trade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Force Bill
41. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
Consent of the Governed
suburban
Popular Sovereignty
Constitutional Monarchy
42. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches
international
U.S. Constitution
Checks and Balances
Cottage industry
43. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages
Totalitarianism
Cathedrals
Latitude
limited government
44. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation
Infant Mortality
Articles of Confederation
Ben Franklin
95 Theses
45. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.
Industrialization
Cotton Gin
Polytheism
Infant Mortality
46. These slow down movement/migration
Checks and Balances
international
Suez Canal
Barriers
47. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
Checks and Balances
Imperialism
Straits
Federalist Papers
48. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.
Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation
Magna Carta
Constitutional Monarchy
49. The idea that the power of government is divided into three branches of gov't.
George Washington
Migration
Separation of Powers
Brown v. Board of Edu.
50. 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
End of Reconstruction
Communism/Command Economy
Draco
Articles of Confederation
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