What is a direct democracy?
People vote for the thing
What is a compass rose
Tells you the directions
What does the Legislative branch do
Make laws
What is a traditional economy
Customs and traditions
What does latitude measure
North and south
What is a representative democracy
People vote for elected representatives
What does a maps scale do
Tells you the distance on a map
What does the judicial branch do
Interpret laws
What is a mixed economy
Both free market and command
What does longitude measure
East and west
What is a theocracy
Government run by religion
What does a maps title do
tells you the name of the map
What does the executive branch do
Enforce the laws
What does a producer do
Makes goods and provides services
What is the most common type of map
Political map
What is a monarchy
Government run by a king or queen
What is absolute location
A specific point on a map
What are the two houses of the legislative branch
Senate and house of representatives
What does a consumer do
Buys the goods and services
name a technology that shows absolute location
GPS
What is the U.S bill of rights
First ten amendments to the U.S constitution
What is relative location
A general point on a map
What keeps the three branches of government in balance
Checks and balances
What is cultural diffusion
The spreading of culture from one place or another
How does absolute location differ from relative location
Absolute is specific, relative is general