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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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






2. Disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism






3. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






4. Wrote the Declaration of Independence; colonial leader - 3rd President.






5. Mountains - deserts and oceans






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






7. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)






8. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






9. Percent of people in a country that can read and write






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






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






12. An official change to a law or document of government.






13. Temples in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






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






15. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






16. Government where the religious leader run the government






17. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






20. Making goods out of the home






21. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






22. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






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






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






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






26. First representative assembly in American






27. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers






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






29. The rights guaranteed to individual citizens by the Bill of Rights.






30. Passed in 1689 in England - this document guaranteed English citizens certain rights and set a procedure for electing representatives to Parliament.






31. Belief in many gods






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






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






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






35. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.






36. Movement of people from on country or location to another






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






38. 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.






39. Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas






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






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






42. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.






43. This is also referred to as a city






44. Guaranteed English Citizens certain rights and stated that elections for Parliament were to be held often.






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






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






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






48. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






50. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code







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