Taxes
Building a Nation - Vocabulary
Louisiana Purchase
Teacher Facts
NFL Teams
100

When I buy a candy bar at the store for a dollar, I pay $1.08 because of this type of tax.

What is sales tax?

100

The organization or system through which a society makes and enforces laws and policies.

What is government?

100

The name of the city where the Mississippi River ends.

What is New Orleans?

100

Which teacher's family owns an Italian restaurant?

Chinappi

100

What are the 2 conferences in the NFL?

AFC and NFC

200

The type of tax paid when you own a house.

What are property taxes?

200

Freedom from oppressive restrictions. The ability to act according to one's own will within the law.

What is liberty?

200

DD

From what country did the US buy the Louisiana Purchase?



France

200

Which teacher had 5 Christmas trees in their house?

Ms. Megan

200

Name the 4 teams in the AFC East

Bills

Jets

Pats

Dolphins

300

A tax paid by a large company like Target, McDonald's, or Adidas. 

What are corporate taxes?

300

A nation’s strategy for dealing with other countries, including diplomacy, trade, and military actions.

What is foreign policy?

300

Who was the President who bought the Louisiana Territory?

Thomas Jefferson

300

Which teacher has a brother who is a fitness influencer?

Conaway

300

What NFL team is named after the bird written about by Edgar Allan Poe

The Ravens

400

DD

Taxes that are taken out of a paycheck to help people when they retire. 






What are Social Security taxes?






400

The act of speaking or acting on behalf of others in government, such as elected officials representing citizens.

What is representation? 

400
How did the Louisiana Purchase impact the size of the US?

it doubled the size of the country

400

Which teacher plays the guitar, loves science fiction and goes to a lot of concerts?

Horton

400

What is the only publically owned NFL team?

Green Bay Packers

500

This type of tax helps people who are 65 or older to pay for medical expenses.

What are Medicare taxes?

500

A system of government where power is divided between a national (federal) government and state governments.

What is federalism?

500

Name three states that were part of the LA purchase.

Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, 

plus large parts of Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and smaller sections of New Mexico and Texas, forming


500

Which teacher also teaches Drivers Ed?

Miller

500

The city the Colts played in before moving to Indianapolis.

What is Baltimore?

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