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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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






2. Limited the power of the King in 1215






3. People who settle and live in a colony






4. Separate is not equal in public Schools






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






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






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






8. Tax on imports and exports.






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






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






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






12. Up and down - vertical lines on a map






13. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






14. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade






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






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






17. Belief in many gods






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






19. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.






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






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






22. Member of a country.






23. Economic thinker that developed communism






24. Exchange of goods and services.






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






26. Renaissance Value that humans are important. It shifted the focus from the after life (religion) to a person's life on earth






27. Troops removed from the South by President Hayes.






28. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






29. Modern Constitution






30. Government ruled by a few powerful people






31. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.






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






33. Split in the church






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






35. King/queen who has unlimited power






36. The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land.






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






38. Mountains - deserts and oceans






39. Having to do with one's own homeland






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






41. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






42. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed






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






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






45. Life - Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness same as natural or individual rights






46. Quality of life - such as housing - health - education






47. Complaints






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






49. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.






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







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