United States Review
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- The President is the head of the ____________________.
- Executive
- Leaders are elected to office in our democratic government through the process of
- voting
- The Supreme Court belongs to the ________________ branch of government.
- Judicial
- The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called
- Bill of Rights
- Many people today do not want to expand the ____ industry in Alsaka because they want to preserve and protect the wilderness area there.
- oil
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In a democracy the ___________
have the power. - people
- Countries that are highly industralized like the U.S. and Canada may have problems such as
- pollution and acid rain
- Industrial cities developed in the midwest due to large deposits of _________ and ________ ____ found there.
- coal; iron ore
- A ________________ occurs when large cities are connected together by roads, railroads, and airlines.
- Megalopolis
- The supreme law of our land is the
- constitution
- Regarding religion, the United States is approximately 85%
- Christian
- This type of economic system is based on
- supply and demand
- Name the two house of Congress
-
House of Representatives
Senate - Which house of Congress has its membership based in state population?
- House of Representatives
- Republic means that we
- elect leaders to represent us.
- The governmnet of the United States is a
- Democratic, Federal and Republic
- Two national Christian holidays celebrated in the U.S. are
- Easter and Christmas
- The Federal Government is the ____________ government and it has certain powers such as establishing and ary, waging war, raising money through taxes, and making laws to carry out its duties. All other powers are given to the
- National, states
- Give the definition for Civic.
- citizenship; citizens
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The war was the _____________
Revolution. - American
- The three branches of government in the United States are:
- Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
- Define limited and unlimited government:
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power of government is limited .
No limits on power of the governmnet -
We were a colony of __________
before we fought a war for our independence. - Great Britian
- Martin Luther King, Jr., who adopted the idea of non-violent resistence form Gandhi, helped end ___________ in the United States.
- segregation
- The region that was primarily agricultural but became industrial after time is the
- South
- Our economic system is a
- Free Enterprise System
- The basic social unit of culture is the
- family
- A good citizen is someone who is involved in his or her community and nation. This is called
- civic participation.
- List 4 civic responsibilities:
- pay taxes, vote, serve in the military, serve on juries
- List 4 civic rights:
- freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to assemble, vote