The Constitution
Article II of the Constitution establishes the head of the executive branch, also known as ______________.
Who is the president.
The directional arrow that shows the orientation of a map is called a ________ _______.
What is a compass rose?
When there is no government in place. It is every person for themselves.
What is anarchy?
Arizona's nickname
What is the Grand Canyon State?
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This is one of the smaller units of a country having a federal government.
What is a state?
The Congress is bicameral (made up of two parts) - the House of Representatives and the Senate. According to Article I of the Constitution, the main power of Congress is to ________ _________.
What is to make laws?
A ______________ is the territory of a nation (an area of land, large or small, that is run by a centralized government).
What is a country?
This type of government is ruled by the people through elected representatives. The United States has it as its form of government.
What is representational democracy?
Arizona's state bird.
What is the cactus wren.
An area of land defined by similar climate, culture, or natural features.
What is a region?
The Judicial Branch, which houses the Supreme Court (the highest court in the land) has this as its main power.
What is protecting the constitution (or making sure no other laws or actions conflict with it)?
A line on a map or globe halfway between the North and South Poles.
What is the equator?
In this type of government, citizens elect representatives and a king or queen is given limited power by a constitution (England is an example).
What is a constitutional monarchy?
The first ancient peoples in North America were hunters from Asia that entered the continent by crossing what.
What is the the Bering Land Bridge?
Characteristics of artifacts that give important clues about the function of the artifact are called _____________.
What are attributes?
That "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech" is guaranteed by this amendment.
What is the the First Amendment?
The line on a map or globe that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This type of government is ruled by a few, based on race, religion or military control.
What is an oligarchy?
The Hohokam people irrigated their crops by building more than 200 miles of canals from this river.
What is the Gila river?
These are natural features that are found in a specific location, which have value for trade or enhancing human life.
What are resources?
This amendment says that you do not have to testify against yourself in a trial.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Maps that show how humans have divided up the Earth's surface (borders, cities, roads, human-made features) are known as ________________ maps.
What ispolitical?
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Back in the 4th Century B.C.E., this person wrote that there were three types of governement: monarchy, aristocracy, and polity (rule by one, a few, or many).
Who is Aristotle?
In the mid-1500s, Francisco Coronado and other explorers traveled the southwest in search of a fabled location, which turned out to be a hoax.
What are the Seven Cities of Gold?
The executive branch has other departments including this department, which helps to build relationships with other nations.
What is the State Department?