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TAKS 10th Grade World History

Subjects : taks, history
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1. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






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






4. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






5. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






8. Slanted coverage or one - sided information about an event; prejudiced information.






9. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






10. Involving other countries






11. Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas






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






13. Government where the religious leader run the government






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






15. 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.






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






17. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






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






19. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.






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






21. A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. EX: Hitler in Germany






22. Mountains - deserts and oceans






23. Average income per person






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






25. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






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






27. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords






28. 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






29. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






30. First representative assembly in American






31. First organizing of 13 colonies.






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






33. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans






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






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






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






37. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






38. Split in the church






39. Having industries for the machine production of goods






40. Division of power between the national (federal) and state governments - ex.: national gov't coins money and the state gov't cannot






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






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






43. King/queen who has unlimited power






44. 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.






45. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






46. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.






47. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






50. Opposed to the Constitution because it gave too much power to the national government and not enough to the states. They also wanted individual rights protected







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