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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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1. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






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






5. Use indicators such as income - education - birth rate/death rate - $ spent on food - population density - and so on to determine quality of life.






6. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Battle of Hastings - centralized government






12. 1st written constitution






13. Making goods out of the home






14. Mass production of food






15. Complaints






16. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






17. 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.






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






19. Extreme hunger and scarcity of food






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






21. Split in the church






22. Having to do with one's own homeland






23. Established Judicial Review.






24. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






25. Average income per person






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. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






28. Average number of years people live






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






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






31. Exchange of goods and services.






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






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






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






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






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






37. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.






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






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






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






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






42. Wrote the Declaration of Independence.






43. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






44. Government where the religious leader run the government






45. Government where people elect others to speak and act on their behalf.






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






47. King of England during the American Revolution.






48. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






49. 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






50. Pride in ones country







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