VOCAB
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US CONSTITUTION
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100

a ___________________ is someone who represents a group of people.

delegate

100

the Battle of Saratoga happened in what year?

1777

100

How many principles are in the constitution?

A. 10

B. 7

C. 3

100
This term is used to describe animals with a back bone or spinal chord.
What is a vertebrate?
100
This term is used for maps to show what the different symbols mean.
What is a key or legend?
200

what does it mean to ratify?

to approve

200

When did the fighting end in Indiana?

February 25, 1779

200
The Bill of Rights have _______ amendments?

10

200
This surface feature of earth is caused by constructive processes- formed by a vibration beneath the earth's crust-releasing energy.
What is an earthquake?
200
This is a term used to make changes to the U.S. constitution.
What is an amendment?
300

A new plan of government is a ________________.

constitution

300

What year was the Declaration of Independence created?

1776

300

How many branches of government are there?

3

300
A term used in experiments- a specific statement of prediction.
What is a hypothesis?
300
Citizens' rights protected under the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
400

What is an ordinance?

a law

400

The states agreed to sign the constitution in what month and year?

September 1787

400

What powers do ONLY the government control?

A. war and printing money

B. laws

C. schools

500

A __________________ is a group of people responsible for making a country's laws.

congress


500

The constitution was ratified in what month and year?

June 1788

500
What powers do ONLY the states have?

A. creating new laws

B. printing money

C. establishing schools