History
The formal pronouncement of independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson and was approved by Congress on this date.
What is July 4th, 1776?
We pay these to help fund public services like schools and roads.
What are taxes?
Also known as a legend, this part of a map gives information about the map.
What is a map key?
The President is the head of this branch of government.
What is the Executive branch?
The leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This man was president during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Something you buy and consume. They can be things you keep, eat or use.
What are goods?
A type of symbol that shows cardinal and intermediate directions.
What is a compass rose?
This branch of government interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial branch?
The leader of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
In the 1950's and 1960's, protests organized to demand rights for African Americans and other minorities.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Something that you or your family spend money on and enjoy, but are not a necessity.
What are wants?
The two countries that border the United States of America.
What are Canada and Mexico?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
This was the 1800's belief that Americans had the right to spread across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
He was the President of the Confederate states during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
When there is not enough of something available for sale.
What is scarcity?
Name the two main mountain ranges in the United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains and Rocky Mountains?
United States citizens gather friends who share their views and hold a peaceful protest in front of the state government building. This is an example of the group exercising their right to __________.
What is the Freedom of Assembly?
Name two of the four main Native American Eastern Woodland tribes to encounter Europeans.
Who are the Iroquois, Shawnee, Miami and Lenape?
The primary cause of prehistoric human migration.
What is the search for suitable water sources?
The hidden price of every decision. It is what you take under consideration when making a decision.
What is opportunity cost?
Name all 7 continents of the world.
What are North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia and Antartica?
Name all of the rights in the First Amendment.
What are the Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, and Freedom of Assembly and Petition?
A Mesoamerican civilization of Central America and southern Mexico. Achievements include astronomy, writing, architecture, and a 365 day a year calendar.
What is the Mayan Empire?