Government Terms
Rights and Freedoms
Vegetation Zones & Regions
Conquistadors
Time Zones
100
In this type of government everyone has a say in the government's decissions and everyone can vote.
What is a democracy.
100
This allows us to say that we disagree with President Obama without getting into trouble.
What is the Freedom of Speech.
100
This is a large rain forest in South America.
What is the Amazon Basin.
100
This conquistador landed in what is today Mexico and conquored the Aztecs.
Who was Cortez.
100
This is the time zone Chicago is in.
What is the central time zone?
200
This term means to remove a leader from their position, often forcefully.
What is to oust.
200
Without this, people can not get together for church or clubs.
What is the Freedom of Assembly.
200
This is a long mountain chain along the west side of South America.
What is the Andes Mountains.
200
He was the leader of the Aztecs who thought Cortez might be a god.
Who was Montezuma.
200
This is the time zone that San Fransisco, CA is in.
What is the Pacific Time Zone.
300
This term refers to government officials who are not acting ethically and are stealling or using government resources for their own purposes.
What is corrupt.
300
This allows a student to write their opinion about the government in the Newspaper.
What is The Freedom of Press.
300
This is a large grassland in the United States.
What is the Great Plains.
300
This disease was brought by the conquistadors and made many Aztecs and other native people very sick.
What is small pox?
300
This is the time in Chicago when it is 4:00pm in New York.
What is 3:00 pm.
400
This type of government has both a national government and state governments.
What is a federal democracy.
400
We are able to protest because of this Freedom.
What is the Freedom of Petition.
400
This is the dryest desert on earth.
What is the Atacama Desert.
400
These were three things that the conquistadors were looking for when they came to the New World.
What were gold, slaves and land?
400
This is the time in Los Angeles, CA when it is 4:00pm in Chicago.
What is 2:00 pm?
500
A corrupt government can often lead to either a revolution or a military take over and this type of government.
What is a dictatorship.
500
Without this, the people of Cuba do not have rights that are protected.
What is a constitution.
500
This is a region with four different zones which grow different crops because of elevation.
What is the Andes Mountains.
500
This conquistador was friendly with the native people and traveled through North America trying to learn about them.
Who was Cebeza de Vaca?
500
This is the time you arrive in New York when you take a two hour flight that leaves Denver, CO at 3:00pm.
What is 7:00pm?
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