TAKS Vocabulary and Content Review- Historic Terms Flashcards

55661862	Political Issues	issues related to gov., conflict-resolution, and decision-making for a group of people	0
55661863	Economic Issues	issues related to money, taxes, and production of goods and services	1
55661864	Social Issues	issues related to culture, work, lifestyle	2
55661865	Domestic	having to do with one's own homeland (U.S.)	3
55661866	International	involving other countries	4
55661867	Era	a historic period identified by some prominent figure or characteristic	5
55661868	13 Colonies	original east coast areas settled by Great Britain (England) beginning in 1607 that became the original 13 states	6
55661869	Colonists	people who settle and live in a colony	7
55661870	Taxation	gov't process of charging a fee on goods, products, people and/or activities	8
55661871	Grievances	complaints	9
55661872	Consent of the governed	idea that people give gov't its power through the "...just consent of the governed" as stated in the Declaration	10
55661873	(Naval) Blockade	to cut off supplies; a military and economic tool used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting; called naval when ships are used	11
55661874	Great Britain (England)	the "mother country" for the 13 colonies; country we fought against for the independence of the U.S.	12
55661875	Republic	a government that elects its leaders	13
55661876	Representative Democracy	gov't that votes for representatives who serve in the gov't to make and enforce law and in the best interest of the people; the U.S. has a representative democracy; another term used for a representative democracy is republic	14