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Principles of Geography
Government Structures
U.S. Government
Polling
Do you have rights?
100

The study of maps and the science of making them.

Cartography 

100

A government in which a smal group of elite people rule over others.

Oligarchy

100

What are the three branches of the U.S. Government?

  • Legislative

  • Executive

  • Judicial

100

Some people may have reasons to not answer a poll honestly. What can the poll do to try to help people be more truthful.

Make the poll anonymous 

100

What is the difference between De Jure and De Facto?

By law and by fact
200

What geographic features do humans tend to settle around?

Rivers

Flat Terrain

Coasts

200

A system of government in which people directly vote on policies.

Direct Democracy

200

Changes made to the constitution. They usually pertain to people's rights.

Amendments 

200

How the data in a poll is collected and weighted. A good poll will have a link see it.

Methodology

200

Type of rights that are guaranteed by virtue of being a citizen of a political space.

Civil Rights

300

A system that measures the globe in degrees used to accurately find a position.

Longitude and Latitude 

300

A form of government in which people vote for officials to represent them and vote for them.

Republic

300
System used to elect the president in which states are given votes based on population.

Electoral College

300

A small group meant to represent a larger population.

Sample

300

Which part of the constitution gives people the right to free speech, religion, and press.

1st Amendment 

400

The distortion of a map of Earth that occurs when representing a round space as a flat space.

Projection 

400

What are the three types of Monarchy?

Absolute

Theocratic

Constitutional

400

How often does the redistricting of states happen?

Every 10 years

400

Polls are not 100% accurate. A good poll will tell you this numerical value estimating how accurate the data might actually be.

Margin of Error
400

Which part of the constitution gives people protection from unwarranted searches or seizures of their property?

4th Amendment 

500

What are the elements of a "good" map? (There are 9)

  • Title

  • Orientation

  • Date

  • Author

  • Legend

  • Scale

  • Index

  • Grid

  • Source

500

The lack of formal government 

(sometimes, but does not always, mean chaos)

Anarchy

500

The act of redistricting in a way that gives on political party an advantage.

Gerrymandering 

500

According to polls what was the number one issue for most people in this election?

The economy
500

Which part of the constitution gives people the right to remain silent as to not incriminate themselves?

5th Amendment