US History
President Washington was a General in this war
The Revolutionary War
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
The Bill of Rights
What is an example of capital?
money, land, building, equipment
Many ancient civilizations were settled next to this type of body of water.
A river
What was the Civil War fought over?
Slavery
What does the legislative branch of the government do?
Draft and pass laws.
What do you call the study of how people meet their needs and wants?
Economics
What kind of infrastructure did the Ancient Romans build?
Roads, bridges, schools, hospitals.
What drove Black Americans to leave the South during the Great Migration?
They wanted better opportunities in the North.
Which amendment guarantees the right to free speech and to protest?
1st Amendment
What is a producer good?
A good that a manufacturer must buy in order to produce a final product or consumer good.
The Ancient Greeks created what form of government?
Democracy
Name a pull factor for immigrants arriving in the U.S. during the early 1900s.
Factory jobs, cheap land
What kind of government system does the U.S. have?
A representative democracy or a republic
If supply is high and demand is low, what happens to the cost of a good?
The cost drops.
In the feudalism system, which group was at the bottom of the hierarchy?
Peasants
Name one of the causes of World War I.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Which of the two American political parties is likely to have a platform that embraces big government?
The Democrats
What is the federal deficit?
A negative balance when the government spends more than it collects in revenues (taxes).
What was a major invention of the Ancient Sumerians?
A system of writing