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TAKS 10th Grade World History

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






2. Artificial waterway for navigation - irrigation






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






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






5. Separate is not equal in public Schools






6. Tax on imports and exports.






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






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






9. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws






10. These slow down movement/migration






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






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






13. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






15. This is also referred to as a city






16. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.






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






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






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






20. Smaller community located in the area surround a city.






21. 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






22. Who opposed the Constitution?






23. Economic thinker that developed communism






24. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






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






26. Curbed States' Rights






27. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon






28. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






30. Surge in scientific discovery in Europe






31. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






32. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






34. Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops






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






36. A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman causing a choke point.






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






38. Developed complex societies such as Maya and Aztec






39. A government that elects its leaders






40. 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






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






42. Upheld the idea of separated but equal






43. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






44. Mesopotamian king who created the first written law code






45. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






46. First 10 Amendments supporting individual freedoms.






47. Type of government where - through law - some control is placed on leadership's power such as a democracy.






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






49. 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.






50. Exchange of goods and services.







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