Vocabulary
Geography
Economics
Gov./Citizenship
Random
100
System in which each branch of government limits the power of other branches
What is checks and balances
100
A half-sphere
What is hemisphere
100
A period of slow economics growth or decline
What is recession?
100
Because we are all affected by problems and troubles in other countries, we are all...
What is global citizens?
100
This type of projection looks like a peeled orange flattened out. A. Goode's Interrupted Equal-Area B. Mercator C. Robinson D. Winkel
What is Goode's Interrupted Equal-Area projection.
200
What is given up to make or buy something
What is opportunity cost
200
The four hemispheres on the globe
What is northern, southern, eastern, western
200
Type of economy many hunter-gather groups have.
What is a traditional economy?
200
Type of government must act in the peoples' interests and protect their rights.
What is a representative government?
200
A country bans trade that hurts its own producers is an example of a __________ to ________.
What is a barrier to trade?
300
A way of showing the round Earth on a flat map
What is projection
300
Elements on a map that help readers understand it
What is map key, map scale, cardinal directions
300
A sign of a continued rise in prices.
What is inflation?
300
Branch of government that includes Congress (Senate and House of Representatives).
What is the legislative branch?
300
The lines on maps and globes that help you find places on the Earth.
What is latitude and longitude?
400
Imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator
What is latitude
400
A map that shows Alexander's Empire including the extent of his empire, routes of conquest and major battles
What is a special-purpose map
400
The four major kinds of resources.
What is land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship?
400
The process of becoming a U.S. citizen for people from other countries.
What is naturalization?
400
Shows the sizes of continents, as well as the shapes of landmasses and bodies of water of the Earth accurately.
What is a globe?
500
Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole
What is longitude
500
A place that is united by one or more common characteristics (hint one of the six elements of geography)
What is a region?
500
Two major factors that can affect supply and demand?
What is scarcity and opportunity cost?
500
The three branches of government and what they include.
What is the legislative (U.S. Congress), executive (Office of the President), judicial (U.S. Supreme Court) branches?
500
Economy in which each person makes choices about what to make, sell, and buy.
What is a market economy?
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