History
Explain the reason the South attempted to seceded from the United States.
Protecting slavery and the election of Abraham Lincoln.
What are the environmental effects of human activity?
Human actions like cutting down forests, building cities, or polluting rivers can change ecosystems, climate, and natural resources.
What is the economic system in the United States?
Market
What system of Government exists in the United States?
Federal Republic
What is the rule book that sets up the US government?
The Constitution
What is the role of religion in shaping reform movements before the Civil War?
In the prewar period, religious beliefs inspired people to work for social changes like ending slavery, improving education, and helping the poor.
A climate graph shows temperature and elevation. How might it change at different latitudes and elevations?
Higher latitudes & elevations will be colder. Lower latitudes & elevation will be warmer.
What is an incentive in terms of Economics?
The motivating reasons for people or businesses to make certain choices, like buying, selling, or producing more of a product.
What are treaties, agreements, and international organizations?
These help countries work together to solve global problems like war, trade, and climate change by creating rules and encouraging cooperation.
The Constitution of the United States sets up three branches of government. What are they and what group or person is responsible for each in the United States?
Judiciary - Supreme Court
Legislative - Congress
Executive - President
What are the shared characteristics of classical civilizations?
Classical civilizations, like Greece, Rome, China, and India, share features such as organized governments, written laws, social hierarchies, trade networks, and advancements in art, science, and technology.
What is the difference between physical and human characteristics of a place?
Physical characteristics describe natural features like mountains, rivers, and climate, while human characteristics describe things people create or do, like cities, roads, and culture.
What are traditional, command, and market economies?
These three types of economies differ in how goods are produced and who makes the decisions:
Traditional relies on customs (doing what your parents do)
Command is controlled by the government,
and
Market is driven by buyers and sellers.
What is the difference between dictatorship, US democracy and Canada democracy?
Dictatorship is a government has one leader with total power, unlike the United States and Canada, where citizens vote and leadership's power is limited. The main difference between the U.S. and Canada is that the US has president and Canada prime minister.
What document listed all the grievances the King of England did to the American colonies?
The Declaration of Independence
What changed between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods?
People shifted from hunting and gathering to farming, domesticating animals, and forming permanent settlements.
Why would two people create maps differently?
People who make maps may interpret data differently or have disagreements on things like borders.
Explain how a tariff may impact trade?
It raises the cost of product from outside the country.
What is one of the main purpose(s) of government?
Make laws, protect rights, and provide services.
What is the famous speech Lincoln gave announcing that the slaves in the South were freed?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What are the roles of African Americans in the Civil War?
During wars, African Americans contributed by fighting, serving as soldiers, and resisting enslavement (through escape, rebellion, or sabotage).
What is cultural diffusion?
The way cultural ideas spread from one group to another.
Describe the supply chain of a product.
The way an item is moved from raw material, to factories, to product in stores.
What are three characteristics of countries (nation states)?
1. Defined Territory – They have clearly established and recognized geographic boundaries.
2. Sovereignty – They exercise supreme authority within their borders and are independent from external control.
3. Population – They consist of a stable, permanent population that resides within the territory.
4. Government – They have an organized political system that creates and enforces laws.
5. National Identity – Citizens often share a sense of common identity based on culture, language, history, or ethnicity.
6. International Recognition – They are recognized as legitimate states by other nation-states and participate in global affairs.
What is the name of the document that gave English people their rights?
The Magna Carta