Vocab
What does Interdependence mean?
Mutual relationships when people work together to get what they need. Ex: The colonists exported tobacco to England, and England exported finished furniture to the colonies.
This founding document outlines how power is shared between the national and state governments and starts with the phrase "We the People."
What is the Constitution of the United States?
This 1776 document explained why the colonies wanted independence from Britain and influenced the future government of the U.S.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The government uses money collected from these to pay for things like roads, schools, and emergency services.
What is taxes?
When immigrants from Italy came to the United States, they brought delicious foods like pasta and pizza, which are now popular across the country. This is an example of sharing what?
What are cultural traditions?
What does migration and settlement mean?
Migration means to move from one place to another, while settlement is when you settle or stay in one place.
This branch of government can veto bills, but Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds vote.
What is the Executive Branch?
This invention by Eli Whitney revolutionized cotton farming and boosted the Southern economy before the Civil War.
What is the cotton gin?
When Kentucky farms focus on raising horses only, they are using this economic strategy.
What is specialization?
People in the Great Plains built sod houses and used windmills to pump water. These are examples of how humans do this to their environment.
What is adapt (or modify)?
What does popular sovereignty mean?
The idea that the government gets its power from the people.
Recycling, voting in elections, and helping a neighbor are all examples of this.
What is being a good citizen?
Colonists were angry about this British tax law on printed materials, one of the early sparks of the American Revolution.
What is the Stamp Act?
Kentucky settlers accepted land grants as a reward for helping in the Revolutionary War. This is an example of what economic concept?
What is an incentive?
Many pioneers moved west for land and gold, but mountains and rivers made it harder to travel. This is an example of how these two factors influenced movement.
What is economic and environmental factors
What is Federalism?
Federalism is where different levels of government share power over the same land.
This democratic principle means that all people must follow the law, even leaders.
What is the rule of law?
This group settled in Pennsylvania to escape religious persecution, gain religious freedom, and promote tolerance in the colony.
Who are the Quakers?
When a toy becomes super popular during the holidays but there aren’t enough in stores, the price usually goes up because this is low and demand is high.
What is supply?
As people move and settle in new places, their music, food, and clothing styles mix with local customs. This is called cultural what?
What is cultural diffusion?
What does assimilate mean in culture?
To adopt and integrate the customs and values of an other culture into your life. EX: Eating Mexican food in Kentucky.
In Kentucky, this person has the responsibility to serve on a jury, obey state laws, and vote in local elections.
Who is a Kentucky citizen?
This famous frontiersman helped defend Kentucky settlers and led them through the Cumberland Gap during the American Revolution when Kentucky was part of Virginia.
Who is Daniel Boone?
Unlike in a command economy, in a market economy, these people decide what to produce, how to produce it, and for whom.
Who are consumers and producers?
Early Kentucky settlers often built their homes near rivers like the Ohio because it made this easier for travel and trade. What is this called?
What is transportation?