A person who lives in another country but is ruled by another one.
100
What continent is the United States in? What other countries are in this continent?
North America, Canada and Mexico
100
Who were the first people to get to North America? How did they get there? Where did they come from?
People from Asia walked to North America over a land bridge thousands of years ago.
100
What is the group of people called the make the rules for towns, states and nations? What are these rules called?
A government and they're laws.
200
What are the lines on a map that separate states countries called?
borders
200
What is a person who moves to a new country to live called?
immigrant
200
What are regions? How many are in the states?
Large areas of the United States that help the study of such a big nation. There are 6 regions.
200
Who were the second and third people to get to America?
The Vikings came and left.
Christopher Columbus arrived with the Europeans.
200
What do governments provide people with? List three examples of this.
services for example the police, firefighters and national parks.
300
What is the land called where it meets the oceans?
a coast
300
what is a local government?
That is a government for a town or city that provides services in the city
300
What kind of map shows the shapes and names of rivers, lakes, and mountains? What are the rivers, lakes and mountains categorized as?
Relief map
They're landforms.
300
What happen to the Native Americans when the Europeans arrived?
They were treated badly and many died because the Europeans wanted to use the land for different purposes and they had guns and more military strength.
300
What is the type of government called that allows people to vote for their president? Name two countries that use this type of government.
democracy; Korea and the United States use this type of government.
400
What is a plain?
flat lands
400
What is the congress?
It's where the people vote for laws for the country.
400
What two things make up weather? What is map called that shows the weather of an area?
temperature and moisture
climate map
400
who were the first forced immigrants to the United States.
Slaves from Africa and the 1600s
400
What is the leader of a town called?
What is the leader of a state called?
What is the leader of a country called?
mayor
governor
president
500
What do we call Indians from America today?
Native Americans
500
What is a natural resource?
soil, water and forests...
500
What is the landform along the Atlantic Ocean called?
Coastal plain
500
Where do many Americans come from?
They have immigrated from many other countries.
500
What are the two parts of the congress?
They are the Senate and the House of Representatives are the two parts of congress.