Political Systems
What is a system of government in which power is held by the people?
What is a Democracy?
What is the term for the study of how people manage resources?
What is economics?
What is the term for a natural boundary formed by a river or mountain?
What is a Physical Boundary?
What is the term for the period of significant change in the U.S. during the late 18th century?
What is the Age of Revolution?
What is the term for the legal obligation to serve on a jury?
What is Jury Duty?
Define a government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a Monarchy?
Define the term for a market situation with only one seller.
What is a monopoly?
Describe the word used for the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.
What is the Climate?
What was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, where American colonists, disguised as Native Americans, dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
What is The Boston Tea Party?
What is the term used to describe Men ages 18-25 having to register for the draft?
What is Selective Service?
What term describes the division of power between national and state governments?
What is Federalism?
What is the economic term for the total value of all goods and services produced in a country?
What is the gross domestic product (GDP)
What do we call a large area of flat land with few trees?
What is a Plain?
What was the name of the conflict between the North and South in the U.S. from 1861-1865?
What is The American Civil War?
What is the right to express opinions without censorship?
What is Freedom of Speech?
What is the term for the right to vote?
What is Suffrage
Define the term for a tax on imported goods.
What is a Tariff?
Define the term for the movement of people from rural to urban areas.
What is Urbanization?
Define the term for the mass migration of African Americans from the rural South to urban areas in the North in the 20th century.
What is The Great Migration?
Define the term for the responsibilities of citizens to participate in their government.
What is your Civic Duty / Civic Responsibility?
Define a system of government where power is concentrated in one central authority.
What is a Unitary System?
What is the term for an economic system where the government controls production?
What is Command Economy?
What is the term for a region characterized by specific physical or cultural traits?
What is a Formal Region?
What is the term for the policy of extending a country's power and influence through colonization?
What is Imperialism?
What is the term for the act of refusing to comply with certain laws as a form of protest?
What is Civil Disobedience?