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Colony
What is an overseas settlelment tied to a parent country?
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Executive
Which branch of the government oversees the execution of the laws, and appointment of officials who have power over the making of the laws?
100
Canyons
What is a deep valley with steep sides?
100
Glaciers
What are giant sheets of ice?
100
refugee
What is a person called who is forced to flee to another country to escape wars, persecution or natural disaster?
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U.S. Constitution
What is the basic plan that explains how U.S. government is set up and how it works?
200
Legislative
Which branch of government is charged with the making of laws, collecting taxes, and making money appropriations.
200
Navigable
What is wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships?
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Tornado
What is a windstorm in the form of a funnel-shaped cloud that often touches the ground?
200
Culture
What is the way of life called of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs?
300
Representative democracies
What is it when voters choose leaders who make and enforce the laws?
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Judicial
Which branch of government tries, or judges, all the cases that involve the government and with administration of government?
300
Divide
What is a high point that determines the direction that rivers flow?
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Blizzard
What is a severe storm that lasts several hours and combines high winds with heavy snow?
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Ethnic group
What is a group of people who share a language, history, religion and some physical traits?
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Federalism
What is it called when power is divided between the federal, or national, government and state governments?
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Amendments
What are the additions, known as the Bill of Rights, called that were added to the U.S. Constitution?
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Megalopolis
What are connected areas of urban (city) communities?
400
Hurricane
What is a wind system that forms over the ocean in areas and brings violent storms with heavy rains?
400
Export
What is to sell to other countries resources you have in abundance?
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Separation of Powers
What is it called when U.S. government's power is divided among three branches: executive, legislative and judicial?
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Parliamentary democracy
What is Canada's form of government called?
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Contiguous
What are the 48 states called that are joined together inside a common boundary?
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Prairie
What is a rolling, inland grassland with fertile soil?
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Import
What is to buy from other countries, the resources you do not have or the products you cannot make yourself?