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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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1. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






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






3. Having to do with one's own homeland






4. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






5. Belief in many gods






6. A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water






7. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






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






9. The law- making assembly in Great Britain and other parliamentary democracies.






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






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






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. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






15. This is also referred to as a city






16. Belief in one god






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. Gave citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.






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






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






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






28. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






29. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






30. Government where the religious leader run the government






31. President of the United States during the Civil War






32. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






33. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






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






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






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






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






38. Supporters of the Constitution. They favored a strong national government.






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






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






41. Colonies separate from England... 'unalienable rights'






42. 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






43. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






44. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






47. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






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






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






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







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