Which of the following best describes the RELATIVE LOCATION of the United States?
A. north of Canada
B. east of the Gulf of Mexico
C. west of the Atlantic Ocean
D. south of Mexico
C. west of the Atlantic Ocean
100
Changes in weather patterns over time is called __________.
What is climate?
100
This describes different ways of life, such as language, religion, arts, food, or clothing.
What is culture?
100
Name the 3 branches of government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
100
Who is the leader of the EXECUTIVE BRANCH?
the President
200
The ___________ is a line that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
200
These two things affect the climate of a particular place.
What are distance from the equator and elevation?
200
People who live in the countryside live where?
A. in rural areas
B. in suburbs
C. in urban areas
D. in deserts
A. in rural areas
200
In the United States people elect their leaders, which means it has which form of government?
A. monarchy
B. democracy
C. dictatorship
D. voter-ocracy
B. democracy
200
Who are the leaders of the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH?
Senators and Representatives (Congress)
300
The United States is located in the ____________ hemisphere, north of the equator.
What is the Northern hemisphere?
300
Alaska has a colder climate than Hawaii because:
Alaska is farther away from the equator than Hawaii.
300
After the United States became a country, a large number of people IMMIGRATED here. IMMIGRATE means:
A. visited for a long time
B. learned about new cultures
C. moved to cities
D. left one country to live in another
D. left one country to live in another
300
What does the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH do?
make laws
300
Who are the leaders of the JUDICIAL BRANCH?
Supreme Court justices
400
Plains, mountains, rivers, and plateaus are examples of these.
What is landforms?
400
Name one renewable resource.
What is trees? (Other answers may be acceptable)
400
What are 3 rights given to the citizens of the United States?
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of the press (Other answers may be acceptable)
400
What does the EXECUTIVE BRANCH do?
carries out the laws
400
This document was created over a four-year time period and sets up the plan for the United States government.
What is the Constitution?
500
When describing a place's absolute location, we use the lines of ______________ and ______________.
What are latitude and longitude?
500
Name 2 sources of fresh water in the United States.
What are the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River? (Other answers may be acceptable)
500
Citizens pay taxes to the government to help pay for services. Name 3 of the services taxes pay for.
Schools, police officers, road construction (Other answers may be acceptable)
500
What does the JUDICIAL BRANCH do?
decides if the laws follow the Constitution
500
The government has little control over the United States economy, meaning the economy is:
A. a free market economy
B. a factors of production company
C. a manufacturing economy
D. an agricultural economy