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Vocabulary
Sea to Sea
A New Republic
One People, Many Cultures
Let Freedom Ring
100
What is a Continental Divide?
What is an imaginary line that separates the continent?
100
Which two states in the U.S. are not contiguous?
What is Alaska and Hawaii?
100
The American Revolution was a war for independence against which country?
What is Britain?
100
African Americans being treated unfairly is an example of what?
What is discrimination.
100
The U.S. has the strongest ________ in the world, making us one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
What is economy?
200
What is a constitution?
What is a written plan of government?
200
States such as Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas make up which region of the United States?
What is the South?
200
How many original colonies made up the United States?
What is 13?
200
Why is American sometimes called a "Melting Pot" of cultures?
We all come from different backgrounds.
200
Someone who pays taxes, obeys laws, votes, and helps community is helping the common ________.
What is good?
300
What is a republic?
What is a form of government in which citizens vote?
300
States such as North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, the Missouri make up which region in the United States?
What is the Midwest?
300
What is the document called that governs the United States?
What is the constitution?
300
An immigrant is someone who _______ from another country.
What is migrate?
300
The United States' closest trading partners are ________.
What is Mexico and Canada?
400
What does indigenous mean?
What is a person native to that land.
400
States such as California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Idaho make up which region in the United States?
What is the West?
400
When the colonists first came to America, which country governed them?
What is Britain?
400
Being "literate" is having the ability to ______ and _______.
What is read and write?
400
When a trade is unfair, a trade _______ occurs.
What is deficit?
500
What does pluralistic mean?
What is a society that shares common traits, but also holds on to their unique culture?
500
States such as New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, and Delaware make up which region of the United States?
What is the Northeast?
500
What are the three branches of government?
What is Legislative, Executive, Judicial?
500
What is an American holiday in which Americans join together to celebrate our country?
What is Independence Day?
500
What is the purpose of the system of checks and balances?
To limit the power of one person or group in the United States.