Grab Bag!
Maps, Maps, Maps!
Vocabulary
Government
Our Nation
100
The capital city of our state.
What is Tallahassee?
100
The part of the map that measures the real distance between places. a. map scale b. map key c. compass
What is the map scale?
100
A waterway dug by man. a. canal b. lake c. river
What is a canal?
100
Two main ways that countries trade products. a. buying and selling b. importing and exporting c. farming and fishing
What is importing and exporting?
100
Our flag has _____ stripes and _____ stars.
What is 13 stripes and 50 stars?
200
This country borders the northern part of the United States.
What is Canada?
200
The diagram shows us the directions north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass rose?
200
A region that forms the edge of a settled area. a. perimeter b. frontier c. ridge
What is the frontier?
200
The total amount of goods and services that people can sell is called ________. a. demand b. supply c. abundance
What is supply?
200
The U.S. Constitution is so important because it _________________. a. It laid out a plan for the new government. b. It told why the colonies were breaking away from Great Britain. c. It told the colonist they must buy tea from Great Britain.
What is it laid out a plan for the new government?
300
Our president of the United States.
Who is Barrack Obama?
300
This type of map show the names of cities and capitals of a state or region. a. physical map b. grid map c. political map
What is a political map?
300
A building or structure that is important to a culture. a. frontier b. totem pole c. landmark
What is a landmark?
300
Our government is a ___________. a. Monarchy b. Democracy c. Dictatorship
What is a democracy?
300
The portion of the our government that controls the voting in of new laws and rules. a. judicial b. legislative c. executive
What is legislative?
400
The U.S. uses the __________ as currency.
What is the dollar bill?
400
This map shows the amount of people that live in a certain city or state. a. population map b. physical map c. grid map
What is a population map?
400
A government that is run by the people (citizens). a. democracy b. dictatorship c. anarchy
What is a democracy
400
The Constitution makes sure that the power to rule the nation is divided equally into _____ branches.
What is three?
400
The portion of our government that includes our president. a. judicial b. legislative c. executive
What is executive?
500
This country borders the southern part of the United States.
What is Mexico?
500
The lines that run horizontal and vertical across a map to make a grid. *Clue: fat and long
What are latitude and longitude lines?
500
Across or passing through a continent.
What is transcontinental?
500
The plan (agreement) for the government that brought the country together. a. U.S. Constitution b. Declaration of Independence c. Louisiana Purchase
What is the U.S. Constitution?
500
The portion of our government that controls the courts. a. judicial b. executive c. legislative
What is judicial
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