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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What does "cultural" mean? |
a way of life
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 --- is a way of life. |
Culture
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is patriotism? |
love of country
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 --- is a love of country. |
Patriotism
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Name 3 things that Americans share? |
patriotism, holiday, monuments
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What does it mean to immigrate? |
to come to a country to make a new life.
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 --- means to come to a country to make a new life. |
Immigrate
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Who were the first people to live in what is now the United States? |
Native Americans
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is population? |
the total number of people who live in a place.
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is a rural area? |
the country
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is an urban area? |
a city
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 What is a suburb? |
towns or small cities near a large city.
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Why do you think that more people today live in urban areas than in rural area? |
One reason is that there are more jobs.
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 In which parts of the country do most Americans live? |
southern and western parts
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Why do Americans have different ways of life, and what unites them? |
Americans come from places all over the world. They are united by their love of their country and its history.
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The American People
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Why did new cultures fomed when people moved to the United States? |
Different cultures came together and had the freedom to change their culture.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is a government? |
a system of leaders and laws for making decisions for a community, state, or nation.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 A --- is a system of leaders and laws for making decisions for a community, state, or a nation. |
government
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is a constitution? |
a plan of government.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 A --- is a plan of government. |
consistitution
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is a democracy? |
a type of government in which people can elect leaders to govern them.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 A --- is a type of government in which people can elect leaders to govern them. |
democracy
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is a republic? |
a government that gets its power from the people
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 A --- is a government that gets its power from the people. |
republic
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What form of government does the United States have? |
aa republic, a government that gets its power from the people
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is the job of the legislative branch? |
to make laws
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 The --- branch makes laws. |
legislative
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is the main body of the legislative branch? |
Congress
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 --- is the main body of the legislative branch. |
Congress
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What are the two parts of the congress? |
Senate and House of Representatives
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 The --- and the --- make up the Congress. |
Senante and the House of Representatives
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 How many senators does each state elect? |
two
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 How many Senators are there in the Senate? |
100 (50 states x 2)
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is the job of the executuve branch? |
carries out the laws
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Who is the leader of the executive branch? |
the President of the United States
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 The --- branch of government carries out the laws. |
executive
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is the job of the judicial branch of government? |
making sure that laws agree with the Constitution.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 The --- branch of government makes sure that laws agree with the Constitution. |
Executive
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What makes up the Judicial branch of government? |
the Supreme Court and certain other courts.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is the nation's highest court? |
the Supreme Court
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Why were the system of checks and balances created? |
to provide ways for each branch to limit, or check, the power of the other branch
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is one reason that the federal government has three branches? |
to make sure that one branch did not become too powerful
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 How does this process illustrate the system of checks and balances? |
The Preseident can veto a bill passed by Congress, and Congress can override the President's veto.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Define "majority rule". |
The person or idea that gets the most votes wins.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 How old does a citizen need to be to vote? |
18 years old
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is the "Bills of Rights"? |
is part of the Constitution that lists many rights and freedoms that Americans have.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Name 3 freedoms in the "Bills of Rights". |
freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What is a petition? |
a signed request.
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 What are two duties that Americans have? |
Duty to vote and to serve on a jury
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 The more people a state has, the more ---. |
representatives it has
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 How many justices does the United States Supreme Court have? |
nine
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United States Government
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 2 Votes elect a President every --- years. |
four
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is an economy? |
all the producing, selling and buying that people do. It is all the ways people use resources to mmet their needs.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is a free market economy? |
The economic activiteis of people have little government control. People can make, sell, and buy almost anything they want to. They can start almost any kind of business.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What are the factors of production? |
natural resources, capital resources and human resources
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Natural resources, capital resources and human resources make up the --- of ---. |
factors of production
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What are natural resources? |
They include land, water, minerals and fuels.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What are capital resources? |
money, building, and quipment.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What are human resources? |
workers
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 In a free market economy, who makes most of the decisions about a business? |
the business owners
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What might happen if the government did not put some limts on buinesess? |
Businesses might harm the enviornment, workers, or customers.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is the goal of most businesses? |
to make a profit
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Define: supply |
the amount of a product or service that is available
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 --- is the amount of a product or service that is available. |
Supply
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Define: demand |
the amount of a product or service that people want and are willing to pay for
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 --- is the amount of a product or service that people want and are willing to pay for. |
Demand
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 --- is the money that a business has left after it pays all its bills |
Profit
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 If demand for a product or service goes up, what effect is this likely to have on the price? |
It would go up.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What could cause the price of a product or service to go down? |
a drop in demand or an increase in supply
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is manufacturing? |
the making of products.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Where is most manufacturing done? |
in large factories
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Define: service industry |
a business in which people are paid to do things for other people.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What are some examples of a service industry? |
doctors, lawyers, plumbers
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What are the three main industries in the economy of the United States? |
the agriculture, manufacturing, and service industry
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 How does the United States economy work? |
It is a free market economy in which people are free to buy and sell goods and services.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Give an example of a manufacturing industry. |
a shoe factory
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 How is the United States economy different now than it was in the past? |
In the past, the economy was based on agriculture and then manufacturing. Today, service industries make up the largest part of the economy.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is one way in which you take part in the global economy? |
A person could buy a computer game that are made in other countries.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is a trade-off? |
you give up one thing to buy another
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 If you give up one thing to buy another, you make a ---. |
trade-off
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is the opportunity cost? |
Things you do not buy so you can buy something else instead
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Why do people decide to save money in a bank? |
to have money for emergencies in the future; to save for a large purchase or expense in the future
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Review What are you describing when you talk about a group's language, religion, arts, foods, or clothing? |
culture
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 What is the main job of the legislative branch of the government? |
to make laws
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 How has immigration affected life in the United States? |
Immigration has increasd nation's population and has also made the population more diverse.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 Why does democracy depend on actie citizens? |
In a democracy, people elect leaders to govern them.
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United States Economy
Unit 1 Chapter 2 Lesson 3 How has the ecomy of the Untied States changed over time? |
It has chaned from mostly farming, to mostly manufacturing, to mostly service industries.
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is a region? |
an area with at least one feature that make sit different from other areas.
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Define: Interdependence |
people and places depending on one another for resources, products, and services.
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What are examples of a region? |
urban region, coastal region, desert region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Why are all regions interdependent? |
No region can produce everything that the people who live there want or need
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is a polical region? |
is a place where people share a government. state, cities, town, countries, etc
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is a physical region? |
based on natural features such as landforms, rivers, climates, wildlike
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is natural vegetation? |
the plant life that grows in an area
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is an economic region? |
based on the way people in an area use resources to meet their needs
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is a cultural region? |
an area in which the people share certain ways of life
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is an ethnic goup? |
made up of people from the same country or people with a shared way of life
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 An --- group is made up of people from the same country or people with a shared way of life. |
ethnic
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What are the four main types of regions? |
political, physical, economic and cultural
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What kinds of features can be used to define a cultural region? |
any aspect of culture, such as language, relition, ethnic groups
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What does it mean to modify? |
to change
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is technology? |
the way peole use knowledge and tools to make or do somthing
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What is communication? |
the way people send and receive information
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Why do people divide places into regions? |
to make places easier to study and understand
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What are some forms of communication that connect regions today? |
telephones, cellular phones, fax machines, computers, e-mail, television, radio
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. Most people in this region speak German as a second language. |
cultural region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. Most people in this region are farmers. |
economic region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. Thick forests cover this region. |
physical region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. This region has mountains and valleys |
physical region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. This region is in southeastern Missouri |
political region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. Most people in this region are Native Americans |
cultural region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. The main industry in this region is oil drilling. |
economic region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. The climate of this region is hot and dry |
physical region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. The United States is part of this region. |
political region
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 Is the following region political, physical, economic or cultural. Many people in this region celebrate the Chinese New Year. |
cultural region
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is the capital of the United States? |
Washington, D.C.
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 Into what five regions are all the 50 states grouped in this textbook? |
the Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the West
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What region do you live in? |
the Midwest
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is a county? |
a section of a state, including cities and towns in an area
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is a county seat? |
the city or town in which the main government offices of the county are located
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is a municipal? |
a government of a city
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 In most cities, who is the leader of the executive branch? |
the mayor
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What are two kinds of political regions within a state? |
counties and cities
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What are the three levels of government? |
federal, state, and local
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is a treaty? |
an agreement between countries
that the federal government makes |
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is the main way tht each level of government pays for the services that it provides? |
It collects taxes from citizens and businesses.
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What county is Freeburg in? |
St. Clair
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is another name for a city government governmnet? |
municipal government
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 What is the capital of Illinois? |
Springfield
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 Which level of government provides postal service? |
federal
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 Which level of government is in charge of all of the school in a state? |
state
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United States Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 2 Which level of government oversees libraries and fire departments? |
local
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 In Canada, what is a province? |
a politacal region similar to a state in the United States
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Where is Canada located? |
Canada is north of the United States. It is the second largest country in the world.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 What is a territory? |
an area owned and governed by a country
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Why do most people in Canda live in the southern part of the country? |
because northern Canda is so cold
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 How are Mexico's political regions like those in the United States? |
Mexico is made up of states; it has a federal district just as the US has Washington, D.C.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 How many Mexican states border the United States? |
six
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 What is the Caribbean consist of? |
hundreds of islands which lie off the east coast of Central American in the Caribbean Sea.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 What is a commonwealth? |
means that it is a territory of a country
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Why is Puerto Rico a commonwealth of the United States? |
it is a territory of the United States but it governs itself. People who are citizens of Puerto Rico are also citizens of the United States.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Which body of water lies between the Caribbean Islands and Central America? |
Caribbean Sea
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 What parts of the Caribbean region are also parts of the United States? |
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Define: tropics |
area around the equoator that has a warm climate all year
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 In the --- the climate is warm all year. |
tropics
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 What is a rain forest? |
a wet area, usually warm, in which tall trees, vines, and other plants grow close together.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Why do the tropics have a warm climate? |
The topics are located close to the equator, so they get more of the sun's direct heat all year.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 What is the only state in the United States that is located in the tropics? |
Hawaii
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Where is Greenland located? |
it is a huge island off the northeast coast of Canada.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 what is a tundra? |
a flat, treeless plain that stays mostly frozen.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Why does Greenland have such a cold climate? |
because of its far nothern location
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 What what regions does the United States share North America? |
Canada, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Greenland
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 Explain what it means to be a commonweatlh of the United States? |
To be a commonwealth of the United States means an ara is a United States terriotry but governs itself.
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Neighboring Countries
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 3 How do Canadians divide their nation? |
into provinces and territories
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Understanding Regions
Unit 1 Chapter 3 Lesson 1 What features are used to define a physical region? |
landforms, bodies of water, climate, elevation, wildlife, natural vegetation
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Exploring the United States
Unit 1 Chapter 1 Lesson 2 How do people modify the environment to meet their needs? |
They clear forest, plow land to farm, dam rivers, make new lakes, and dig mines and wells
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The United States
Unit 1 Review What is the meaniing of the word region? |
an area with at least one feature that sets it apart from other areas
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The United States
Unit 1 Review What is the main purpose of taxes? |
to pay for government services
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The United States
Unit 1 Review What kind of landform covers most of the middle of the Untied States? |
mountains
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The United States
Unit 1 Review What does culture mean? |
peoples' ways of life
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The United States
Unit 1 Review Where is the Unitd States located? |
The United States is located inthe Northern and Western Hemispheres, on the continent of North America, south of Canada and north of Mexico
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The United States
Unit 1 Review What kind of landform covers most of the area that lies west of the Intermountain Region? |
mountains
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The United States
Unit 1 Review Why is water our most important natural resource? |
People cannot survive more than a few days without fresh water to drink
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The United States
Unit 1 Review What is the main job of each branch of the federal government? |
The legislative branch makes laws. The executive branch carries out the laws. The judicial branch makes sure the laws are fair.
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The United States
Unit 1 Review What is the Bill of Rights? |
the part of the Constitution that lists many rights and freedoms that Americans have
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The United States
Unit 1 Review Why do people divide places into regions? |
to make places easier to study and understand
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The United States
Unit 1 Review Which region of the North America has some of the driest areas? |
the Great Basin
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The United States
Unit 1 Review Why are trees a renewable resource? |
People can plant new trees to replace the trees they cut down
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The United States
Unit 1 Review A manufacturing area is an example of what kind of region? |
economic
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The United States
Unit 1 Review Which country is North of the United States? |
Canada
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