Civics
He was America's 1st president
Who is George Washington?
Most U.S. children enter the public education system around this age
What is 5 or 6 years old?
The city's name comes from the Spanish for...
What is "City of Angels"?
Another term for a businessperson
What is an entrepreneur?
Being the capital of the country, this is where the seat of _____ is situated
What is government (or power)?
Before he was president he was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
It is not uncommon for some American children to start school early here but it is usually not free
What is preschool?
LA is the ___-largest city in the United States
What is 2nd-largest?
When going into business you must be willing to take these
What are risks?
The U.S. government is broken these
What are three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial?
He is known as the Great Emancipator
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Students begin to have different teachers for different subjects upon starting here
What is middle school/junior high school?
In 1835, Los Angeles was officially established as a city in this country
What is Mexico?
Things that are valuable and worth money but are not actually money
What are assets?
The head of the executive branch works in this building
What is the White House?
This president presided over two great struggles in American history: the Great Depression & WWII
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
The term for the money it costs to go to a private school or university
What is tuition?
This war brought LA, California and much of the rest of modern-day "Southwest" America under the control of the United States
What is the Mexican-American War?
When starting a new business it is important to make as much money as you spend
What is breakeven?
The legislative branch consists of this many "houses"
Congress is made up of 2 "houses": a lower house being the House of Representatives and an upper house being the Senate
One of America's most popular presidents who was ultimately assassinated
Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?
When a student fails a grade they may have to repeat it; this is called being...
What is held back?
When visiting Los Angles you can do these two seemingly paradoxical things in the same day!
What is go snow skiing and surfing?
This is the cost of doing business
What is expenditure?
This body is charged with interpreting the laws of the nation and has the final say on constitutionality
What is the Supreme Court?