US History
Barack Obama was the first African American to be elected president this year.
What is the year 2008?
Your street address is an example of this.
What is absolute location?
This area was known as the "land between two rivers" and was the "cradle of civilization."
What is MESOPOTAMIA?
Refers to the economic problem of having limited resources with unlimited wants
What is scarcity?
Guards one branch from becoming too powerful
What is checks and balances?
The Constitution was written to replace this document
What is The Articles of Confederation?
The science of making maps
What is Cartography?
The system of class levels used within Hindu cultures. (in India)
What is the CASTE SYSTEM?
Actions done for others in exchange for payment
What are services?
Document with first 10 amendments to the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
This was an incident in which French officials demanded a bribe from US diplomats
What was the XYZ Affair?
The two main branches of Geography
What is Physical and Human Geography?
The name for the path between Europe and China, along which goods were traded.
What is the SILK ROAD?
Economic system in which barter is used, and agriculture is the main employment
What is a traditional economy?
The Preamble, Articles, and Amendments make up this document.
What is the Constitution?
Businesses were forced to close, causing widespread unemployment.
How did the Great Depression affect American society?
a general description of where a place lies like north , south , east or west
What is relative location?
The split in the Christian Church between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic is known by this name.
What is the GREAT SCHISM?
Things that people must have to survive
What are needs?
Increase in prices of goods and services in an economy.
What is inflation?
The term of a Supreme Court Justice
What is Lifetime, unless dismissed for bad behavior?
The smallest and shallowest of the world’s five oceans is this one.
What is the Arctic?
This code of law was signed by King John of England, after he was pressured by the Parliament.
What is the MAGNA CARTA?
The four main types of economic systems
What is traditional economy, command/planned economy, market economy, and mixed market economy?
A form of government in which people elect representatives to run the country.
What is a republic?