History & Government of the U.S.
Economy & Culture of U.S.
Sub-regions of the U.S
Creating A Nation
Miscellaneous
100
the coming of Europeans to the New World, bringing over slaves, plants, animals, diseases, etc.
What is Columbian Exchange
100
Goods sold to other countries
What is exports.
100
Common nickname of the South
What is sunbelt.
100
Recurring event that continues to develop the U.S.
What is immigration/migration
100
Average American job in the early days of the U.S.
What is farmer.
200
Transaction of 1803 that nearly doubled the area of the U.S.
What is Louisiana Purchase.
200
Industry that includes information processing, financing, medicine, and education in which many Americans work.
What is service industry.
200
Area that's called the American Heartland, known as the "Breadbasket" of the U.S. because of it's fertile soil
What is Midwest
200
First Europeans to arrive in North America in 15th century
What is Spaniards
200
Area of the world in which the majority of Americans have their ethnic roots.
What is Europe
300
Communities outside of a city
What is suburb.
300
Area of the U.S known as the "breadbasket" because of it's fertile soils.
What is midwest
300
Region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together.
What is megalopolis.
300
Two landforms that the Louisana Purchase stretched across.
What is Mississippi River & Rocky Mountains
300
Religious group in which majority of Americans belong.
What is Christianity.
400
Which part of the country experienced a major movement of people in the second half of the 19th century?
What is westward movement.
400
economy of the U.S in which businesses are allowed to operate and compete for profit with little to no government control
What is free enterprise.
400
Sub region that covers about one-fourth of the land area of the U.S and contains more than one third of it's population.
What is South
400
Region of the U.S. in which Native Americans migrated to when forced off their land?
What is West
400
Place where majority of Americans live.
What is cities and suburbs.
500
Type of government where the people rule through elected representatives?
What is representative democracy.
500
Corporations that engage in business worldwide
What is multinationals.
500
Name the six northern states that make up New England
What is Maine, Vermont, N.H, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
500
Three Branches of Government & their roles.
What is executive (carry out laws), legislative (make laws), judicial (interpret or judge the law)
500
Location of the First American colony.
What is Jamestown, Virginia.
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