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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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






2. Exchange of goods and services.






3. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






4. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






6. Belief in many gods






7. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






8. Government where citizens vote directly on laws - ex: Athens






9. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






10. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






12. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






13. The right to vote and the exercise of that right.






14. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






15. People in a society that are willing and able to work






16. Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government






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






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






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






20. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






21. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles






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






23. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






24. Sent to Britain (George III) with the grievances the Colonist had with England and why they were going to become their own Nation






25. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






27. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






28. Growing crops just to support a family and not have any extra for sale.






29. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






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






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






32. The production of goods in a factory through the use of machines and a large number of workers






33. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






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






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






37. Separate is not equal in public Schools






38. Making goods out of the home






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






40. Christian warriors sent to regain the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims that controlled






41. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






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






44. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






45. Life - Liberty - property or Life - Liberty - the Pursuit of Happiness






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






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






48. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






49. Routes of human movement from one area into another.






50. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government







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