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Study Guide for 5th Six Weeks Common Assessment
1. Identify the Seven Principles of Government.
Principle
Definition
Constitutional Example
Limited Government
Republicanism
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Separation of Powers
Popular Sovereignty
Individual Rights
2. Describe the functions of the levels of government.
State Government:
National Government:
Identify three major sources of state revenue and
two major areas of state spending.
Local Government:
State Budget
Texas Government, Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads and Age of Oil
Study Guide for 5th Six Weeks Common Assessment
3. Identify the contributions of Texas leaders.
Name
Known For/Contributions to Texas
Quannah Parker
James S. Hogg
Howard H. Hughes, Sr.
Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross
Scott Joplin
Elizabet Ney
4. Compare and Contrast the Hurricane of 1900 and Hurricane Ike.
Hurricane of 1900
Hurricane Ike
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5. Summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
Picture
Name of the Right
#of Right
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6. Explain the importance of the Oil Boom.
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__________of the Oil Boom
Internal
Combustion
Engine
Electricity
Texas
Petrochemicals
Oil Industry
Automobiles
.
7. Analyze the different cattle trails by creating a magnet summary.
1.
2.
1.
2.
Sedalia Trail
Western Trail
3.
4.
3.
4.
1.
2.
1.
2.
Goodnight/Loving Tail
Chisholm Trail
3.
4.
3.
4.
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8. Examine the causes of urbanization in Texas.
9. Explain the impact of urbanization in Texas.
Texas Government, Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads and Age of Oil
Study Guide for 5th Six Weeks Common Assessment
10. Explain the significance of the following ranches:
King Ranch
XIT Ranch
Panhandle Ranches
What inventions caused the cattle drives to end? ______________________________________
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11. Define the following Vocabulary terms.
a. wildcatter: _____________________________________________________________
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b. vaquero: ________________________________________________________________
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c. Cattle Kingdom: __________________________________________________________
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d. barbed wire: _____________________________________________________________
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e. range wars: ______________________________________________________________
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f. urbanization: _____________________________________________________________
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g. Bill of Rights: _____________________________________________________________
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