US & Canada
Types of Government
Latin America
Europe
Big Ideas & Concepts
100
This term describes a society where many cultures live together respectfully.
What is a multicultural society?
100
In this type of government, leaders must obey the law.
What is a limited government?
100
This peninsula in southeastern Mexico separates the Gulf of Mexico from the Caribbean Sea.
What is the Yucatán Peninsula?
100
This European mountain range spans several countries and includes famous peaks and ski resorts.
What are the Alps?
100
Trade, travel, and war are major causes of this exchange of culture.
What is cultural diffusion?
200
These document limit a government’s power in modern nations like the United States.
What is a constitution?
200
North Korea is an example of this type of unlimited government.
What is a totalitarian government?
200
Brazil speaks Portuguese because it was colonized by this country.
What is Portugal?
200
Shared Greek and Roman traditions and the spread of Christianity created this type of cultural unity.
What is cultural convergence?
200
This river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
300
This historical document signed in 1215 limited the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?
300
Protecting these is the main reason societies limit government power.
What are human rights?
300
This major human modification connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through engineering.
What is the Panama Canal?
300
Militarism, alliances, nationalism, imperialism, and an assassination caused this global conflict.
What is World War I?
300
Many agricultural items, such as potatoes, spread globally through this historic exchange.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
This Enlightenment idea divides government power into separate branches.
What is separation of powers?
400
Athens used this form of government where citizens voted directly on laws.
What is direct democracy?
400
This is done to a rainforest is to increase farming, business expansion, and create new highways.
What is Deforestation?
400
This political thinker influenced Europe with ideas about natural rights such as life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
400
This South American mountain range is the longest in the world.
What are the Andes Mountains?
500
This event in European history introduced key ideas—such as checks and balances and separation of powers—later used in modern democracies like those in the United States and Canada.
What is the Enlightenment?
500
Rome developed this type of government, where citizens vote for representatives.
What is a republic?
500
These two Mexican artists shaped cultural identity through murals and self-portraits.
Who are Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo?
500
This organization began as economic cooperation after WWII and now includes many European nations.
What is the European Union (EU)?
500
This narrow land bridge connects North and South America and is home to a canal that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Isthmus of Panama?