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Geography
100
a plan of government
What is a constitution
100
a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
What is a republic
100
Branch of government that carries out the laws and policies of the nation
What is the executive branch
100
What keeps any one branch of government from gaining too much power?
What are checks and balances
100
The cardinal directions.
What are North, South, East, and West
200
A Two-House Legislature
What is bicameral
200
How many states did the Congress need to pass a law under the Articles of Confederation
What are 9 states
200
The lawmaking branch of the government
What is the legislative branch
200
The president can check Congress by doing this
What is vetoing
200
Lines that run horizontal and vertical on the globe.
What are latitude and longitude
300
to fall in value
What is depreciate
300
The division of powers between the national government and the state government
What is the federal system
300
The supreme law of the land
What is the Constitution
300
The three branches of government
What is executive, legislative, judicial
300
The area between North and South America.
What is Central America
400
freeing of individual slaves
What is manumission
400
Supporters of Constitution
What are Federalists
400
The branch of government that contains the court system
What is the judicial branch
400
Many states would not ratify (sign) the Constitution unless it contained this
What is a Bill of Rights
400
The seven continents.
What are Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, Antartica, Antarctica, North America, South America
500
an addition to a document
What is an amendment
500
a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
What is a depression
500
The leader of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
500
What most states feared while creating a new system of government
What is one person having too much power like the King once did.
500
A group of islands.
What is an Archipelago
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