Civics
Explain checks and balances.
Even though the Indian groups were angry that colonist were moving on land reserved for them, what did they depend on from the Americans and British?(Food and water, New land, Trading, Protection)
What is trading?
What do you call a chain of mountains?
What is a range?
What is economics?
The Senate and the House of Representatives are a part of which branch of government?
What is the Legislative Branch?
The first 10 amendments in the US Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The study of past events, commonly with a focus on their causes and intended/unintended consequences.
What is History?
What is the longest river in the U.S.
What is the Missouri River?
___________ makes goods or provides services.
What is a producer?
Who was the traitor that had given the British the plans to the American fort at West Point in exchange for money? (Charles Cornwallis, George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Thomas Jefferson)
The study of the rights and duties of citizenship.
What is civics?
After reading and talking about the published pamphlet "Common Sense" what did the people urge each other to do? (End slavery, Gain independence, Become neutral, Let the British rule)
What is gain independence?
After reading and discussing the pamphlet "Common Sense," the people urged each other to gain independence. This suggests that the pamphlet likely presented compelling arguments and reasoning for why the people should break away from British rule and establish their own independent nation. The pamphlet may have highlighted the benefits and importance of self-governance, inspiring the people to unite and fight for their freedom.
How many oceans are there? Name them.
Antarctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern
_____________ uses goods or services.
What is consumers?
You decide to spend your movie money to buy clothes. The fact that you can no longer use that money for the movies is called (scarcity, opportunity cost, consumer, producer)
What is opportunity cost?
Which branch makes the laws? Which branch carries out the laws? Which branch decides the meanings of the laws?
Carries out- Executive
Makes- Legislative
Meaning- Judicial
The "Lost Colony" was the nickname of which colony?
(Jamestown, Massachusetts, Virginia, Roanoke)
What is Roanoke?
The study of the physical world and how it affects the way that people live and their interaction with it.
What is Geography?
The type of system the United States uses for buying and selling is called _______________.
What is a free market economy?
The Supreme Court is head of which branch of government?
What is the Judicial?
Legislature, Executive, Judicial
Who were the Society of Friends members that are against all wars and believe that fighting for any reason is wrong? (Quakers, Anglican, Lutheran, Presbyterians)
What is the Quakers?
The difference between a political map and a physical map.
Political- Governmental boundaries of countries and states
Physical- Shows physical features such as mountains, oceans, etc.
What is supply and demand?
Supply is the amount of a specific good or service that's available in the market. Demand is the amount of the good or service that customers want to buy.
What is the capital of the United States?
What is Washington D.C.?