Geography
Lines that run East to West and include the Equator
Latitude
explorers of the Louisiana Territory
Lewis and Clark
The document that declared the colonies free from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
Money paid to the government.
tax
Kentucky's state bird
Northern Cardinal
Line dividing Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Prime Meridian
A man-made waterway in New York completed in 1825 that connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, improving trade and transportation.
Erie Canal
The branch that interprets laws.
Judicial Branch
Physical items people buy.
Goods
What ocean did the British cross to come to the 13 colonies?
Atlantic
Shows directions on a map
Compass Rose
land in the Pacific Northwest settled in the 1840s.
Oregon Territory
What type of government does the U.S. have?
Democracy/representative government
Amount of a product available and how much people want a product.
Supply and Demand
What document is the supreme law of the United States?
Constitution
Materials from nature used by people.
Natural Resources
land bought from France in 1803, doubling the size of the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase
Responsibilities of citizens (voting, obeying laws).
Civic Duty
What you give up when making a choice.
Opportunity Cost
The fort in Kentucky that was used during the American Revolution
Boonesborough
Long-term weather patterns.
Climate – Long-term weather patterns.
belief that the U.S. was meant to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny – belief that the U.S. was meant to expand across the continent.
A system that prevents one branch from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
Limited resources
Scarcity
Name the 7 Continents
North America
South America
Antartica
Africa
Asia
Europe
Australia