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Vocabulary
Branches of Government
How we live and work together
American Beginnings
R & R: Rights and Responsibilities
100
people who come and live in a new land
What are immigrants?
100
There are 3 of these in which provide our government with checks and balances.
What are the branches of government?
100
the branch of government who makes the laws
What is legislative branch?
100
to find a short route by sea to Asia
What is the purpose of Columbus's first voyage to North America?
100
declares that all Americans have the right to free speech, press, petition, assembly, and religion
What is the 1st amendment?
200
the laws of a country and the people who run it
What is government?
200
President
Who is head of the executive branch?
200
Head of the Senate
What is Vice President?
200
strip of land that some scientists believe Native Americans crossed to arrive in North America
What is the land between Siberia and Alaska called the Bering Strait
200
money the government collects to pay for its services, such as constructing and maintaining our roads, parks, and schools
What are taxes?
300
our nation's plan for governing
What is the Constitution?
300
Congress
Who makes up the legislative branch?
300
This is what a law begins as
What is a bill?
300
to spread Christianity, find gold and riches, claim land for their rulers
What are reasons explorers and settlers came to North America?
300
a panel of ordinary citizens who make decisions in a court of law
What is a jury?
400
the way of life followed by a group of people
What is culture?
400
Supreme Court
Who makes up the judicial branch?
400
A way that citizens can participate in government and make sure that the government represents the will of the people.
What is voting?
400
signing treaties, buying lands, and fighting wars
What are ways the US expanded its territory?
400
a government document used in traveling to foreign countries
What is a passport?
500
a change to something, such as the Constitution
What is amendment?
500
interprets laws to declare them "constitutional" or "unconstitutional"
What is judicial branch?
500
place where Congress meets
What is the Capitol?
500
being born in the United States means this
What is one way a person can become a U.S. citizen?
500
another name for laws at a local level of government
What are ordinances?