Business
Immigration
Effective Communities
Branches of Government
Vocabulary
100

This is something that is nice to have but not required

What is a want?

100

A person who moves from one country to another

Who is an immigrant?

100

This is the leader of the state government.

What is the governor?

100
How many branches of government are there in the United States?

What is three?

100

Something that is required for survival

What is need?

200

This is a person who takes a risk and starts a business.

What is an entrepreneur?

200

The lower deck of a ship where cargo is usually stored. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this part of the ship held passengers who were coming to the United States of America

What is steerage?

200

This is money paid by citizens to the government. This money pays for community services

What is a tax?

200

The __________ leads the executive branch?

What is the President?

200

A person or company who buys a good or service.

What is a consumer?

300

This plan explains a business in detail.

What is a business plan?

300

Located in New York Harbor, this was the United States’ busiest immigration inspection station. From 1892-1924, about 12 million immigrants were processed here.

What is Ellis Island?

300

Citizens elect representatives in government by _______. 

What is voting?

300

The ________________ can declare a law unconstitutional.

What is the Supreme Court?


300

Goods that are made in another country and brought to the United States and sold here.

What are imports?

400

In order to attract customers, businesses advertise. Name a way business might choose to do this?

What are make a poster, a commercial, an ad on the radio, an ad on social media, a billboard, an ad in a magazine?

400

Why did immigrant men often come to the U.S.A. before the rest of their families?

What is to make money to pay for their family's trip?

400
Many towns have a ______ to lead the local government. 

What is the mayor or town council?

400

The House of Representatives and the Senate make up ________________ and are part of the legislative branch.

What is Congress?

400

A person or company that makes goods or provides services for others is called a _________. 

What is a producer?

500

Business have to plan their expenses carefully. What do they have to create to make sure they earn enough money to cover their expenses and goals?

What is a budget?

500

Immigrants in the mid to late 1800s and early 1900s came to the United States for many reasons. Name one of them. 

What is to....

1. find work or a better paying job.

2. to escape war or a difficult life.

3. to own land.

4. for religious freedom.

500

Citizens elect officials to represent them in government by _________.

What is voting? 

500

What system was created to make sure one branch of government doesn 't get too much power?

What is checks and balances?

500

The President can ________ or send back a bill he does not agree with. 

What is veto?

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