Civics & Gov't
Something made by humans and used by archaeologists and historians to recreate a picture of the past.
What are artifacts?
An unfair act or policy resulting from prejudice.
What is Bias?
The resource to meet people's needs and wants are limited, not enough of something.
What is Scarcity?
The orientation graphic that indicates the direction of north on a map or globe.
What is the Compass Rose?
The spreading of ideas or beliefs reflecting the views and interests of those advocating for a cause.
What is Propaganda?
Changes in or additions to a constitution
What are amendments?
Established by the U.S. Constitution to divide power among the president, judicial and executive powers.
What are the three branches of government?
The next best alternative that must be given up when a choice is made.
What is Opportunity Cost?
Absolute and uses latitude and longitude lines as opposed to relative to another area.
What is Location?
The amount of income per person.
What is Per Capita income?
No political authority. A state of lawlessness, confusion and disorder (usually resulting from a failure in government)
What is an Anarchy?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution ratified in 1791
What are the Bill of Rights?
An international agency which encourages trade between member nations.
What is the World Trade Organization?
The imaginary lines that give exact location.
What is Latitude (north and south) and Longitude (east and west)?
A treaty founded in 1948 to curb communist expansion in the North Atlantic regions
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
The first document created to govern the newly formed nation.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A system of government in which a political authority is held by the people.
What is a Democracy?
Goods made by people and used to produce other goods and services.
What are Capital Resources?
The natural characteristics of the Earth's surface (landforms, climate, winds and ocean currents)
What are physical features?
The purchase of land from France that nearly doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A system of government where the legislative and executive branches operate separately, and power is distributed through a system of checks and balances.
What is the American Political System/Presidential System?
When power is shared between two sets of government institutions, those of the states and central or federal authorities.
What is Federalism?
The production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. The management of income supplies, supply and demand, prices and interest rates.
What is Economics?
An explanatory description to the features on a map or chart.
What is a Legend or Key?
A system of government in which power is concentrated in a legislature. The legislature selects a prime minister as the nation's leader.
What is a Parliamentary system?