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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. Organization of government whichinto three branches - legislative - executive and judicial; proposed by Montesquieu






3. Member of a country.






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






5. Mountains - deserts and oceans






6. Economic thinker that supported capitalism






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






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






9. Goods bought from sellers in other countries.






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






11. 1st Representative government assembly in the colonies (1619)






12. Curbed States' Rights






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






14. Declares slavery illegal in the United States.






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






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






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






18. 1st American Constitution; States had too much power.






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






20. Proposed that a government should have 3 branches






21. Proposed the ideas of natural rights - life liberty - property






22. A written plan of government for the colonies created a weak league of 13 nearly independent states in 1777. The 1st Constitution of the U.S.






23. Developed complex societies such as the Inca






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






25. Government where the religious leader run the government






26. US first plan of government that failed because of the weak central (national) government






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






28. President of the United States during the Civil War






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






30. Average income per person






31. Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to makes the Laws






32. Abuse of power is controlled by the three branches of government watching each other and having the power to approve or disapprove certain actions of the other.






33. Articles published to get support for the Constitution.






34. 1st written constitution






35. Statement made by Abraham Lincoln which essentially freed the slaves






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






37. Government were citizens elect representatives ex: Rome Greece






38. Complaints






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






40. Flat - horizontal lines on a map






41. Gothic Architecture used to show religious spirit during the Middle Ages






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






43. When was the U.S. Constitution written and ratified?






44. Writing system in the Fertile Crescent/Mesopotamia






45. Belief in one god






46. Greek reformer who wrote a harch law code






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






48. Trading goods or services for other goods or services






49. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies






50. To officially approve.







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