Government
types
types
A government ruled by one person or political party with total power.
What is a dictatorship?
A person who believes in keeping traditions and wants less government involvement.
What is a conservative?
This movement involved African Americans moving north to find work and escape racism.
What is the Great Migration?
Where did humans go on the earliest migration, 100,000 to 80,000 BC?
To the middle east and other parts of Africa
If Mr. Jack became King of Classland and ruled forever without elections, what type of government would it be?
Monarchy
People vote to choose leaders in this system.
What is a democracy?
This belief supports change and social programs run by the government.
Progressive
People traveled this route to move west across the U.S. during the 1800s.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Daily double!:This area in the Middle East was one of the first places where people started farming
The fertile crescent
This famous tower in France was once the tallest in the world.
Eiffel tower
In this government, religious leaders make the laws.
What is a theocracy?
A tax increase on the wealthy to help the poor is usually supported by which group?
Progressives
The U.S. gained huge amounts of land from France in this historic deal.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
What inventions allowed humans to survive in colder climates?
How to make fire and clothes
Daily double! This holiday is celebrated in Mexico to honor loved ones who have died.
Dia de los muertos
A system where a king or queen rules.
What is a monarchy?
The government allows both private and public schools, giving families more options but with some rules.
Moderate
The land bridge used by early humans to enter the Americas from Asia.
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
Term for making changes to survive in a new environment.
Adaptation
This language is spoken the most worldwide (by native speakers).
Mandarin Chinese
Daily double: A government that controls every part of people’s lives—jobs, speech, even thoughts.
What is totalitarianism?
A new rule removes all government support for health care, saying people should pay for it themselves.
conservative
Where is the earliest evidence of humans found?
Ethiopia
How did the Neolithic revolution lead to the specialization of labor and the creation of civilization?
long answer
This island nation is known for volcanoes, ice, and the Northern Lights.
Iceland