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18 Cards in this Set
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How many branches are in the Federal Government?
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There are 3 branches in the Federal Government
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What happened on July 4, 1776?
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The colonies declared independence from the British Government.
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An ________________ is a person who comes to live in a country from another country.
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An immigrant is a person who comes to live in a country from another country.
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What is a written plan of government?
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Constitution
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What is the Continental Divide?
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The Continental Divide is an imaginary line that divides the North American continent. East of the rivers flow east and West of the line the rivers flow west.
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What mountain range formed a barrier to westward settlement?
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Appalachian Mountains
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Why do American people enjoy a high standard of living?
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Because we have a strong economy due to the people, our natural resources and our economic system.
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What document guarantees the freedoms of all citizens in the United States?
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The Bill of Rights - the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution.
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describe a republic form of government.
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a form of government in which the citizens vote for officials to represent them.
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define pluralistic.
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a society in which people share common culture elements while also maintaining many of traditional ways of there ancestors.
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define discrimination.
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unfair treatment of of certain people or groups.
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define indigenous.
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people native to a land.
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what was the major effect on the arrival of Christopher Columbus in North America?
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the Americas were open to European settlement.
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what region of the US has many of the country's largest cities?
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The northeast.
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on what did the British government tax the colonists, and what was the result of this taxation?
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The British began to tax the colonists on goods which they sold in the colonies ended with a slogan "taxation without representation" which started the American Revolution.
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