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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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






2. The System in the U.S. and other free market economies. It includes economic choice - competition - profit motive - and limited government regulation of the economy.






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






4. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea






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






6. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






7. Commander of the Continental Army and 1st President.






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






9. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






10. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code






11. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






12. King/queen who has unlimited power






13. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






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






16. Relating to the city - of or in a city.






17. Right of groups of people to create their own nation






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






19. Year that the first 10 amendments to the Constitution were made which protected the rights of individuals from abuses of the national government






20. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






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






22. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.






23. Officially ended the American Revolution






24. 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






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






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






27. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






28. The idea that power is divided by the Constitution between the federal and state governments.






29. Relating to the countryside - of or in the countryside.






30. 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






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






32. Mountains - deserts and oceans






33. 1st written constitution






34. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






35. Belief in many gods






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






37. Split in the church






38. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






39. To cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting.






40. Declaration of Independence signed on July 4th of this year in Philadelphia by delegated of the Second Continental Congress.






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






42. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'






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






44. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






45. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






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






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






48. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






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






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







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