Civics Defined
The study of citizenship, government, and what it means to be a citizen.
Civics
Someone who moves to a new place from somewhere else (usually another country)
Immigrant
A national county of every person living in the United States.
What is the U.S. Census?
The agricultural development of this crop significantly impacted the lives of Natives:
What is Maize?
The first Europeans to arrive in the Americas were:
What is Vikings?
The first English colony in North America was called:
Colony of Roanoke
This item from the Iroquois greatly impacted the U.S. Constitution:
What is Great Law of Peace?
The organized institution and individuals who exercise political authority over a group of people.
Government
A person who is born in the U.S. or becomes a citizen later is known as a ____________.
Citizen
Determining how many seats each state gets in the U.S. House of Representatives is a process called ________.
This group relied on following herds of animals and resources for sustenance and nourishment:
What is Hunter-Gatherers?
This man was the leader among the first group of Europeans who arrived in North America:
What is Leif Erikson?
Most European nations discovered the best was to profit in the Americas was to sell these items known as:
What is Raw Material(s)?
Elbridge Gerry was the governor of this state:
What is Massachusetts?
A legally recognized member of a country or state.
Citizen
This item proves someone is a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR)
Green Card
This government document says the U.S. Census must count the whole number of persons in each state; not just citizens.
These people served as spiritual leaders, healers, and advisors, and often held important positions within their communities:
What is Shamans?
Innovations invented during this monumental movement/era greatly inspired explorers throughout Europe:
The Renaissance
This place started as a Joint-Stock Company:
What is Jamestown?
This U.S. President signed an Executive Order that authorized Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA):
Who is President Barack Obama?
The freedom to live your life, make choices, speak your mind, practice your beliefs, and express yourself, as long as you don’t harm others is known as _______.
Liberty
The idea that immigrants who come to the U.S. assimilate into dominant culture and that they adopt the customs, language, and beliefs of current Americans.
What is the Melting Pot Theory?
There are __________ total Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is 435?
Method of farming that included the planting of corn, beans, and squash together.
What is Three Sisters Farming?
In the 1400s, the Portuguese developed a small, fast ship with triangular sails that could sail against the wind. This ship was called _____________.
Caravel
The idea that a country’s power depended on its wealth was called:
What is Mercantilism?
This group ensured leaders follow the Great Law of Peace:
What is Clan Mother/s?
Everyone is treated the same under the law no matter who they are. This is known as ____________.
Equality
Various cultures live side by side, but do not merge into a single, uniform culture. Each culture keeps its own distinct qualities.
What is the Salad Bowl Theory?
Manipulating district boundaries for unfair political advantage is known as ________.
This Native group adapted to their dry environment by creating irrigation systems to water their maize. They also lived in large cave complexes as agriculture allowed them to grow their populations:
What is Puebloans/Southwest Puebloans?
These monarchs sent Christopher Columbus to find direct sea routes to Asia:
What is Ferdinand and Isabella?
These were formed by monarchs and wealthy investors to fund voyages to the Americas.
What is Joint-Stock Companies?
In addition to inspiring the creation of the partisan gerrymander, Governor Elbridge Gerry also became ________________.
What is the Vice President of the United States?
This term describes laws being applied fairly; it also means people are held responsible for their actions.
Justice
A person who entered without permission OR stayed after a visa expired. Cannot legally work; live with the risk of deportation.
What is an Undocumented Immigrant?
Favoring one political side over the other is called ___________.
The term used to describe family lineage followed the mother:
What is Matrilineal?
Christopher Columbus first arrived at which North American island? (Looking for the current name of the island).
What is Bahamas?
In this system, individuals invest money or resources to make more money.
In addition to Six Nations and Five Nations, the Iroquois Confederacy also used this name __________.
What is the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?
Liberty, Equality, and Justice are what type of values?
American Values
Family, Employment, and Refugee/Asylum are examples of pathways to __________?
What is Legal Migration?
This piece of legislation froze the total number of U.S. House of Representatives:
What is The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929?
This was used by Natives to cross from Asia into the Americas:
The Bering Land Bridge
Early enslavement in North America was known as:
What is the Encomienda System?
The indigenous people who first inhabited the Chesapeake Bay area were called:
What is Algonquian?
This must be filled out once immigrants have established eligibility for citizenship:
What is Form N-400?
When everyone gets the support they need (custom tools that identify and address inequality).
Equity
When someone has a Green Card, it proves this person is a ___________.
The majority of House of Representatives district lines are drawn by _________.
What is State Legislators?
This leader promoted Peace and unity among the Iroquois:
What is The Peacemaker?
The people who occupied what we now known as the Bahamas were called:
What is Taino?
This leader led a coalition of approximately 30 different Native American Tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area:
What is Powhatan?
This priest was one of the earliest critics of the Encomienda System:
What is Bartolome de las Casa?
Name at least two qualities of an Effective Citizen:
Are responsible family members
Respect and obey the law
Respect rights and property of others
Are loyal and proud of their country
Take part of and improve life in your community
Take active part in government
Use natural resources wisely
Are informed on key issues and willing to take a stand with others
Believe in equal opportunity
Respect others
This key agency manages the citizenship process in the U.S.
What is USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)?
Moving a strong incumbent’s home base into a new district where they’re less likely to win is known as ___________.
The _____________ _____________ was made up of Six Nations.
What is Iroquois Confederacy?
The first permanent Spanish settlement in North America is now known as:
What is St. Augustine, Florida?
Before it was called Jamestown or the Virginia Company, what was Jamestown called?
The London Company
Exchanges between the Americas and Europe/Africa are known collectively as:
What is Columbian Exchange?