Setting
Which country is North of the United States?
Canada
Sports like baseball and football are apart of what section of SCAPE?
Culture
What is Manifest Destiny?
a belief in where Americans should own land east to west coast.
What are the 3 branches of government called? What does each of them do?
Legislative- Makes laws
Executive- Enforces laws
Judicial- Interprets laws
Define each Level of economy.
Level 1 - developed
Level 2 - developing
Level 3 - underdeveloped
What are the major cities in the United States?
New York City, Los Angeles and Houston
The spread of cultural ideas and beliefs is -
cultural diffusion
What the difference between urbanization and immigration?
Urbanization - moving from rural areas to cities to find jobs
Immigration - moving from a different country to work/be free
Where did the government of the United States get its democratic roots from?
Ancient Greece
A service industry is when -
workers help consumers
What was the name of the ship that the pilgrims came on. Landing on Plymouth Rock.
Mayflower
What is monotheism and polytheism?
Monotheism- the belief in one god
Polytheism - the belief in many gods
Describe the Anaconda Plan.
A strategy that ran along the coast and up the Mississippi to blockade trade in the South.
Both the United States and Canada are a democracy. What does that mean?
Rule by many / limited government
Describe supply and demand
Supply is HOW MUCH of a good you have in stock and DEMAND is how many people WANT the good.
Low supply + High demand = High price
High supply + Low demand = Lower price
The area of land that the United States bought from the French for $15 million dollars.
Louisiana Purchase
How can migration change cultures?
Spreading ideas, foods, religion and traditions
What was the purpose of the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
To trade raw materials, manufactured goods and slaves across the Atlantic ocean. Slaves worked on plantations.
What was the Amendment that abolished slavery in the United States?
The 13th Amendment
What does USMCA stand for?
United States, Mexico, Canada Agreement
What mountain range runs through the west side of the United States up to Canada and ending in Alaska?
The Rocky Mountains
Life expectancy, GDP per capita and literacy rate all help or hurt a countries -
standard of living
The Boston Tea Party. Lexington & Concord, the Intolerable Acts and the Boston Massacre were all apart of which war?
Revolutionary War
What does the government look like in a ruled by many government?
written constitution, 3 branches of government, limited government and the citizens vote on elected officials
What would happen if natural resources, labor and capital (money) become in short supply?
natural resources - inflation, relying on other countries,
labor - enslavement or outsourcing
money - becoming underdeveloped or in debt to other countries