Government
Type of government system used in the united states.
What is a democracy?
the fairness with which an economy distributes its resources and wealth?
What is Economic equity.
the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area, so that some places are richer than others
What is Spatial Inequality?
What would you find on an economic map.
What are Natural Resources.
the massive transfer of plants, animals, culture, people, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas
system of government in which a single ruler exercises supreme power based on heredity or divine right.
What is a monarchy?
economic growth a condition in which an economy is expanding and producing more and better goods and services.
What is Economic Growth?
movement of people from rural to urban areas, resulting in the growth of urban areas
What is Urabanization?
a system of imaginary lines that divides up the space on a map
What is a Map Grid?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
What is the first amendment?
a system of government in which a single person or group exercises supreme power by controlling the military and police.
What is a dictatorship?
a condition in which the goods and services people count on are available when they want them.
What is Economic stability?
a major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it
What is a Metropolitan Area?
a box or other display on a map that explains the meaning of the symbols used on the map
What is a Map Legend?
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
What is the second amendment?
a democratic form of government in which citizens make public decisions directly, either in a popular assembly or through a popular vote?
What is a direct democracy?
a society’s way of coordinating the production and consumption of goods?
What is an Economic system.
a developed area at the edge of a city that is mainly homes.
What is a suburb?
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
What is the third amendment?
a political system in which the constitution concentrates power in the national, or central, government.
What is a Unitary System of Government?
an economic system in which decisions about production and consumption are based on custom and tradition?
What is a traditional economy.
worsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and growing poverty.
What is a rural decline?
the system of imaginary lines (called parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude) used to divide the surface of Earth on maps and globes
What is a global grid?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What is the eighth amendment?