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Who is in charge of the Executive branch of the US government?
The President of the United States.
What are the horizontal lines on the globe called?
Lines of Latitude
What continent do we live on?
North America
What are vertical lines on the globe called?
Lines of longitude.
How many continents are there in the world?
7
The study of artifacts left behind by people of the past.
Archaeology
What does it mean to buy something?
To get something in exchange for money
What name was given to the group of people who wrote the Constitution?
The Framers
The document that is the supreme law of the United States.
The US Constitution
The study of how money and resources are used by people.
Economics
What is History?
The study of things that happened in the past.
What are the 3 branches of government?
Executive, Legislative and Judicial
What are the 3 levels of government?
Local, state and national
What is the difference between rules and laws?
Rules are made in the home and laws are made by government.
What is another name for money?
Currency
What is the purpose of government?
To create and enforce laws
Name the region of the United States we live in.
Southeast
A map that shows plains, mountains, forests, beaches, deserts and swamps is what kind of map?
Physical Map
What is Geography?
The study of Earth, it's people, and it's environment.
The part of the map that shows what things on the map mean.
Key/Legend
Niagara Falls
Name the 5 fields of social studies.
History, Geography, Archaeology, Economics and Civics.
What about the climate in the Caribbean makes it good for farming?
It is warm
How old is Mrs.Randall
Ha Ha...I will NEVER tell! 0 points!!
Name of a group of Islands just south of Florida and East of Mexico.
Caribbean Islands