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TAKS 10th Grade World History
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1. Modern Constitution
U.S. Constitution
Winston Churchill
Standard of living
tariff
2. 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.
Draco
Subsistence economy
1787
Limited Government
3. Use of scientific method to find out how the world worked.
Age of Reason
1863 Emancipation Pro
Federalism
Constitutional Conv.
4. The 1st 10 amendments to the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
Representative Government
House of Burgesses
Marbury v. Madison
5. Battle of Hastings - centralized government
English Bill of Rights
1066
Schism
1863 Emancipation Pro
6. Average number of years people live
Mesoamerica civilizations
Renaissance
Life Expectancy
Diffusion/spatial exchange (cultural diffusion)
7. Pardon for sin. Martin Luther questioned the churches authority to pardon sin and especially the idea that you could buy the pardon
Enlightenment
Panama Canal
Separation of Powers .
Indulgences
8. Leader of the Continental Army during the Revolution; 1st President of the U.S.
Anti - Federalist
George Washington
Free - enterprise economic system
Magna Carta
9. Each branch of government has a way to restrict/check the actions of the other 2 branches
13th Amendment
Checks and Balances
grievance
secondary source
10. Movement in Europe that emphasized the use of reason.
Enlightenment
Silk Road
secondary source
Longitude
11. Goods sold to buyers outside the country.
exports
Magnetic Compass
limited government
Industrialized
12. Idea that people give government its power through the 'just consent of the governed' as stated in the Declaration of Independence.
Limited Government
Consent of the Governed
grievance
suffrage
13. He created the first assembly line used for manufacturing of automobiles
Plessy v. Ferguson
Henry Ford
Direct Democracy
1776
14. A document outlining principles of self - government for colonists. (1620)
Mayflower Compact
Immigration patterns
standard of living
citizen
15. Signed in England - this document provided limits to the power of the king.
Free - enterprise economic system
Theocracy
Magna Carta
Traditional economy
16. Rights that cannot be taken away or surrendered.
Nationalism
unalienable
Natural Barriers
Factory System
17. First representative assembly in American
House of Burgesses
cottage industry
Republic
Cuneiform
18. King of England during the American Revolution.
Emancipation Proclamation
Oligarchy
Protestant Reformation
King George III
19. Supreme Court can decide if a law violates the Constitution
Barriers
Marbury v. Madison
Constitutional Conv.
English Bill of Rights
20. Early river valley civilization located in modern day Iraq on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Middle Ages
Constitutional Conv.
Fertile Crescent
urban
21. President of the United States during the Civil War
14th Amendment
Renaissance
Iron Curtain
Abraham Lincoln
22. An economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit (money)
Panama Canal
Capitalism/Market Economy
George Washington
Constitutional Conv.
23. Economic thinker that developed communism
Plessy v. Ferguson
Karl Marx
Life Expectancy
95 Theses
24. Supreme Court upheld segregation - 'Separate but equal.'
Abraham Lincoln
Plessy v. Ferguson
Renaissance
Articles of Confederation
25. Shift from agriculture to industry (commercial industry) mass production of goods. It also led to the growth of cities and global trade
colonists
Mesoamerica civilizations
Industrial Revolution
Totalitarianism
26. Water way through Egypt that connect the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea
Abe Lincoln
Middle Ages
Suez Canal
cultural diffusion
27. Emporer of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code
federalism
Bubonic Plague
Justinian
Industrialized
28. Refers to the amount and quality of economic and industrial resources - often related to national income.
Nullification Crisis
level of development
Literacy Rate
Demographics
29. Power of the President to reject a bill passed by Congress.
colonists
Mayflower Compact
veto
John Locke
30. An official change to a law or document of government.
Separation of Powers .
amendment
Emancipation Proclamation
14th Amendment
31. All things that surround us.
environment
Unconstitutional
federalism
Taxation
32. Rebirth of ideas - art - and architecture of the Greeks and Romans
14th Amendment
Renaissance
Magna Carta
domestic
33. Strong nations seek to dominate other countries (territories) politically - economically - or socially
Imperialism
International Trade
suffrage
Fundamental Orders of Conneticut
34. Having industries for the machine production of goods
Republicanism
Brown v. Board of Edu.
Industrialized
The Senate
35. He was commander of the Continental Army - defeated Cornwallis at the Battle Yorktown - and 1st president of the U.S. A.
Mayflower Compact
14th Amendment
George Washington
Theocracy
36. Trading goods or services for other goods or services
rural
international
Anti - Federalist
Bartering
37. Gave voting rights to all males over 21 regardless of race.
standard of living
1066
15th Amendment
colonists
38. Europe would not interfere in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
Straits
Monroe doctrine
primary source
Hammurabi
39. Period in Europe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire Characterized by feudalism - Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords
ziggurats
1787
Plessy v. Ferguson
Middle Ages
40. Basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies
Federalism
Subsistence economy
Traditional economy
Fund. Order of Conn.
41. Invented by Eli Whitney it removed the seeds from cotton quicker than by hand which helped increase production
Marbury v. Madison
King George III
Land Ordinance of 1785
Cotton Gin
42. Martin Luther's ideas that he posted on the chuch door at Wittenburg which questioned the Roman Catholic Church. This act began the Reformation
Civil War
Magnetic Compass
Canals
95 Theses
43. Making goods out of the home
1863 Emancipation Pro
Cottage industry
McCullough v. Maryland
federalism
44. The year the Magna Carta - the cornerstone of English justice and law was signed
1215
Civil War 1861-1865
Imperialism
Bill of Rights
45. The idea that governments are created by the consent of the governed and that the power of government is limited by rule of law.
John Locke
Abe Lincoln
Limited Government
End of Reconstruction
46. The form of government where people elect representatives the create and enforce laws
Republicanism
cottage industry
Inalienable/Unalienable
Separation of Powers
47. Established Judicial Review.
Thomas Jefferson
Civil War
The Nullification Crisis
Marbury v. Madison
48. Statistical data of a population like - GDP per capita - Life Expectance - Literacy Rate - Infant mortality - ethnicity - religion etc
Popular Sovereignty
Demographics
Oligarchy
Declaration of Indepen.
49. 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.
Checks and Balances
King George III
End of Reconstruction
Mayflower Compact
50. The process of creating commercial industry including heavy industry such as steel.
Enlightenment
era
Industrialization
Cotton Gin
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