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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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1. Europeans explored and conquered much of the world. Goal was to find trade route to Asia






2. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






3. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






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






7. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






8. Small - scale production requiring little capital.






9. Power of the government rests with the people who express their ideas through voting.






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






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






12. A historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic






13. 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






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






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






16. Average income per person






17. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.






18. Government where the religious leader run the government






19. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






20. Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture






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






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






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






24. A series of essays written to support ratification of the Constitution.






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






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






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






28. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






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






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






33. Beginning of mass production - interchangeable parts.






34. Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government






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






36. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






37. Belief in one god






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






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






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






41. A government that elects its leaders






42. Exchange of goods and ideas (commerce) between the new nations and different parts of the world expanded






43. 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.






44. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






45. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






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






48. Who opposed the Constitution?






49. 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.






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







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