Government / Civics
The number of branches in our government.
What is three?
This is the name of the first ten amendments to the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
_________ is the money the government collects from individuals or businesses to pay for public good and services.
What are taxes?
Lines of ____________ run from the North to South while Lines of _____________ run from East to West.
What is longitude and latitude?
These are the names of the four basic economic systems.
What is:
1. Market
2. Command
3. Traditional
4. Mixed
__________ means "ruled by the people." In this type of government, the power is held by the people.
What is Democracy?
The _________________ was a document which announced to the King and the world that America was becoming its own country. _________________ is the person who wrote this document.
What is the Declaration of Independence? and Who is Thomas Jefferson?
_______ is the amount of goods or services available by producers while __________ is how much of a goods or services is desired by consumers.
What is Supply and Demand?
_______________ is the name of a line of longitude and _______________ is the name of a line of latitude. Both of these line are designated as 0o.
What is the Prime Meridian and the Equator?
A system in which the government may own some industries while others belong to private owners.
What is a Mixed Economy
________ is a system under which a single, unelected leader uses force to maintain control. In this form, little attention is given to personal freedoms and public opinion.
What is Dictatorship?
This is the role of the Constitution of the United States of America.
What is a document that defines the government and the basic rights of Americans?
__________ is a term used to describe organizations that negotiate with corporations or large businesses on behalf of the union members. Members of these organizations include workers of a particular trade or job industry.
What is a union?
This geographical feature was a place where all of the major ancient civilizations started and grew.
What are rivers or river valleys?
A system in which production of goods and services is decided by a central government.
What is a Command Economy?
The __________ branch is responsible for enforcing laws, foreign policy, and is known as the Commander-in-Cheif.
What is the executive branch?
This is the number of amendments in the constitution.
What is twenty-seven?
______________ is a process by which an individual or a company does one part of a task and relies on other individuals or companies to complete the other parts of the task.
What is specialization?
_________________________ is the name of a line of latitude that is located at 23.5oN. This line of latitude marks the furthest north that direct sunlight reaches on the Earth and the northern boarder of the tropics.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
Prices in this economy are determined by the supply and demand for goods. Individuals and businesses are free to make, buy and sell what they wish.
What is a Market Economy?
These are three criteria to be eligible to vote in the United States.
What is:
1. US Citizenship
2. 18 years of age
3. Registered to vote in your state
This is the First Amendment to the Constitution. (All Parts)
What is the thing that establishes the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press, right to peacefully assemble, and the right to petition the government.
When a choice is made there is some loss associated with choosing one option over the other. The term __________________ is used to describe this loss of potential gain when making a choice.
What is opportunity cost?
What is the land bridge made of ice that connected Asia to North America? (Bering Land Bridge or Beringia)
This is the oldest economic system in the world and involves bartering.
What is Traditional Economy?