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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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






2. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






3. Prohibits the use of race or previous condition of slavery as a barrier to voting. Applied to male citizens over the age of 21.






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






5. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






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






7. 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






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






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






10. These slow down movement/migration






11. Involving other countries






12. President of the United States during the Civil War






13. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution






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






15. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






16. Pride in ones country






17. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






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






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






20. Separate is not equal in public Schools






21. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






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






24. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






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






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






27. Prelude to the Civil War. South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Federal (National) Government






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






29. Average income per person






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






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






32. 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






33. Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money






34. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






35. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






38. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






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






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






42. Limited the power of the King in 1215






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






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






45. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






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






47. Modern Constitution






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






49. 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






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







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