Looking for a short route to Asia _______________ landed in North America and met "Indians".
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
A person who comes to live in a new land is called ___________________.
What is an immigrant?
100
A system in which the national and state governments share power
What is a federal system of government?
100
This document describes the structure of our government.
What is the Constitution?
100
An official member of a country is a ___________.
What is a citizen?
200
Ways Scientists believe the first Americans came to this land
What are either (1) walking across the Bering Strait from Asia, or (2) sailing from Asia, or (3) sailing from the South Pacific Islands or Australia.
200
The ways in which immigrants have changed our country (answers may vary)
What are population growth, adoption of words from foreign languages, a diverse culture, and a nation that respects peoples differences.
200
In the United States people elect leaders to make laws, make decisions, and run the government. We call this form of government a ___________.
What is a republic?
200
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called ______________.
What are the Bill of Rights?
200
Citizens of the United States have certain responsibilities:
What are to pay taxes, obey the laws, and serve on a jury?
300
Reasons European explorers came to the Americas
What are (1) to find gold and riches; (2) to claim land for their rulers; (3) to spread Christianity
300
The significance of E puribus Unum.
What is our country's motto, which literally means out of many one, and represents the fact that with our many different backgrounds comes one people united as a nation.
300
In the United States, our type of republic is called a _________ which means _______________________.
What is a representative democracy where citizens have the right to take part in the government?
300
The United States government can be changed by ___________ and ______________.
What are laws and amendments to the Constitution?
300
The reason adults have the responsibility to vote.
What is to make sure the government represents the will of the people.
400
Ways the United States grew from the Atlantic to the Pacific
What are signing treaties, buying land, and fighting wars?
400
A group's culture includes
What are food, clothing, music, art, religion, holidays, customs, stories, games, and language?
400
The three levels of government and the head of each level
What are the local level run by the mayor; the state level run by the governor; and the national level run by the President.
400
______________ are changes to the Constitution that must be passed by Congress and approved by a majority of the states.
What are amendments?
400
Services the government provides from collected taxes
What are constructing and maintaining roads, parks and schools?
500
The United States nearly doubled their land with the purchase of the _______________________ which included ____________________.
What is the Louisiana Territory? It included lands west of the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains.
500
Reasons immigrants came to this country
What are freedom and prosperity? And in the case of some to serve as slaves.
500
The three branches of government and the main purpose of each branch.
What are the legislative branch that makes the laws; the executive branch that enforces the laws; and the judicial branch that interprets the laws.
500
We call the United States a government "by the people" because ________________________.
What is the fact that the power in our government comes from the citizens who elect leaders.
500
Some ways kids and adults can fulfill their responsibilities as citizens.
What is attend school and get an education if you are a child. What are vote and serve on a jury if you are an adult?