Say the Word
The reawaking of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s
Renaissance
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington, D.C.
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
▪ checks and balances
▪ separation of powers
A system of government in which one person reigns, usually a king or queen
Monarchy
What is the supreme law of the land?
the Constitution
bringing charges against an official
Impeachment
Why does the flag have 13 stripes?
because the stripes represent the original colonies
What is the economic system in the United States?
capitalist economy ▪ market economy
a system of government in which state power is vested in the people
Democracy
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution. What are these words?
We the People
is the involuntary cultural assimilation of religious or ethnic minority groups, during which they are forced by a government to adopt the language, national identity, norms, mores, customs, traditions, values, mentality, perceptions, way of life, and often the religion and ideology of dominant group
Forced Assimilation
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
Pacific Ocean
Who is in charge of the executive branch?
the President
is a conceptual form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people.
Oligarchy
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
the Bill of Rights
the process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society.(anthropology and sociology)
Assimilation
The war that caused the United States to break away from Britain? (Caused the colonies to be in great debt)
French-Indian War
The system used to determine the outcome of U.S. Presidential elections.
Electoral College
a government in which all power is in the hands of a single ruler
Tyranny
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
twenty-seven (27)
the deliberate destruction, in whole or in part, by a government or its agents, of a racial, sexual, religious, tribal or political minority
Genocide
Name two (2) terriories of the United States
Puerto Rico ▪ U.S. Virgin Islands ▪ American Samoa ▪ Northern Mariana Islands ▪ Guam
What are the two major political parties in the United States?
Democratic and Republican
form of government in which a state is ruled by representatives of the citizen body.
Republic
What is one right or freedom from the First Amendment?
▪ speech ▪ religion ▪ assembly ▪ press ▪ petition the government