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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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1. American Civil War fought over the issues of slavery - states' rights - and economic and sectional differences between the North and the South.






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






3. King/queen who has unlimited power






4. Who opposed the Constitution?






5. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






6. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






7. King of England during the American Revolution.






8. All things that surround us.






9. Belief in many gods






10. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






12. U.S. was divided over the issues of states rights and slavery






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






14. Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic Ocean possible






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






16. Congress enacted this law to give President Jackson the authority to use the army and navy if necessary to enforce the tariff law of 1828.






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






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






19. Mass production of food






20. Transfer of plants - animals - disease - and cultures between Europe - Asia and Africa (Old World) and North and South America (New World). It started with Christopher Columbus to the Americas in 1492






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






22. Average number of years people live






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






24. Movement that began to correct problem in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches






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






26. 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






27. 1607 first colony in America. Established representative government based on the British system of government






28. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






29. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






30. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






31. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






32. Spread of ideas - technology - religion - language and other cultural practices over time and space.






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






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






35. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






36. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






38. The Bill of Rights were amended to the Constitution to protect what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Split in the church






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






47. He wrote the Declaration of Independence - was the 3rd president of the U.S.A. and made the Louisiana purchase






48. Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water from East coast of the US to the West Coast






49. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






50. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.







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