What lines on the global coordinate grid run east to west?
Latitudinal lines
100
The study of how people, firms, and societies choose to allocate resources is called what?
Economics
100
Which of the following does the U.S. Constitution NOT do for Americans:
a. defines the government
b. provide health care for Americans
c. protects the basic rights of Americans
d. sets up the government
The correct answer is B
100
What were the colonists who supported maintaining ties with Great Britain called?
Tories or Loyalists
100
What is the longitudinal line that divides the earth into two hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
200
What lines on the global coordinate grid run north to south?
Longitudinal lines
200
What word means trading goods or services for other goods or services without using money?
Bartering
200
In the United States Constitution, what are the Bill of Rights?
The first ten amendments to the constitution.
200
Which act upset the colonists because it was a direct tax on the colonies?
The Stamp Act
200
Parks, zoos, garbage dumps, and roads represent which theme of geography?
Location
300
What theme of geography refers to the way that information, people, and products travel around the world?
Movement
300
John decided to start a business with his brother and will share the risks and divide the profits. What is this type of business model called?
Partnership
300
What are the three branches of the federal government?
Executive, legislative, and judicial
300
What day did George Washington's troops surprise and overwhelm British troops at Trenton, New Jersey?
December 25, 1776
300
Where did Washington's army endure a harsh winter in 1777-1778?
Valley Forge
400
Which TWO ways can location be described according to the themes of geography?
Relative location and absolute location
400
What are individuals who open checking and savings accounts and invest in the stock market practicing?
Personal finance
400
What is the system called that is in place to make sure that none of the three branches of government has too much power over another branch?
Checks and balances
400
Why was the Battle of Bunker Hill considered a moral victory for the Americans?
They inflicted many casualties and it was a morale booster; it made more people want to join the cause.
400
What are the four factors of production in a capitalist economy?
Labor, natural resources (land), entrepreneurship, capital resources
500
What caused people around the world to coordinate time?
Travel by railroad
500
What is the condition that exists because human wants exceed the capacity of available resources to satisfy those wants called?
Supply and demand
500
What type of government does the United States have?
Federal republic, liberal democracy, or constitutional republic
500
What year did the American colonists and British military sign a treaty ending the Revolutionary War?
1783 (Treaty of Paris)
500
Where was General Charles Cornwallis trapped and forced to surrender in 1781?