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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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






2. Began when South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union if the federal gov't tried to collect tariffs duties in their state.






3. Having industries for the machine production of goods






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






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






6. 18th century European movement that applied reason to all aspects of society and help changed government






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. Economic thinker that developed communism






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






20. Set up system for settling Northwest Territory






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






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






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






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






25. Rulers power is limited by law - Great Britain's current form of government since Glorious Revolution






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






27. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






28. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






29. People who settle and live in a colony






30. Average number of years people live






31. 1st 10 Amendments which guarantee individual rights






32. All things that surround us.






33. Making goods out of the home






34. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.






35. Millions of Africans were enslaved and transported across the Atlantic Ocean to work on plantations in the Americas and Caribbean region






36. Officially ended the American Revolution






37. Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called the Silk Road b/c of the Silk only coming from China






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






39. Beginning of self - government by Colonists.






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






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






42. Who opposed the Constitution?






43. Split in the church






44. Mountains - deserts and oceans






45. Complaints






46. Established Judicial Review.






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






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






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






50. These slow down movement/migration






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