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Vocabulary
Misc.
100
To leave one country and enter another.
What is immigration?
100

What branch has Senators?

Legislative branch

100
What are the 3 activities make up an economy?
Buying, Selling and Producing.
100

What is the job of the judicial branch?

Decide if laws follow the constitution 

100

Who are the leaders of the Judicial Branch?

Supreme court justices

200
Cities are called ______ areas.
What is an Urban area?
200
Why is the creation of the constitution important?
It set up a plan for our nation's government
200

What is the job of the Legislative branch?

Make laws

200
A need or desire for a good or service by people willing to pay for it
Demand
200

Why is voting so important in a democracy?

In a democracy, the people elect their leaders by voting. Femocracy is based on majority rule. When people vote, they are using their power to govern themselves
300
People who live in the countryside live here.
What is a rural area?
300
Why do we have checks and balances in the government?
So that one branch of government/no one person becomes too powerful. It is a BALANCE of power.
300
What is the service industry? Provide one examples.
The service industry is businesses in which people are paid to do things for other people. -Nurse -Teacher -Lawyers
300

What are the three branches of government?

Legislative, Executive and Judicial

300

What is the job of the Executive branch?

See that laws are carried out

400
What are you describing when you talk about different ways of life such as religion, language, arts, food or clothing
What is culture?
400

Who is in the Executive Branch? 

President, Vice President and the President's cabinet.

400
What is manufacturing? Provide an example of a manufacturing business.
The making of products. -anything made in a factory or that is assembled
400
An amount of goods or services that is offered for sale
Supply
400
What is the job of the Judicial Branch?
To decide if laws are constitutional and to make sure the laws are carried out fairly
500
Why is it said that the United States is not so much a nation as it is a world.
We are a "melting pot"- we all came from different places and have different cultures but we are all united (patriotism unites us).
500
What is a democracy?
A democracy is where the people are allowed to chose their leaders to govern them.
500
What is profit?
The money left over after a business pays all of its bills.
500
An economy in which people can start almost any kind of business and run it however they chose.
Free Market
500

How has the main economic activity of the US changed over time?

Agriculture -> manufacturing -> service industry

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