Question | Answer |
What is planting a garden, building a shed and paving a road? | Modifying and adapting to your environment |
Why do people vote and pay taxes? | Responsibilities of United States citizen |
What are traditions, holidays, food, language, art, dress, government ? | Parts of a culture |
What are examples of secondary sources? | Movies and textbooks |
What is a market economy? | It is an economy driven by the forces of supply and demand. |
What is a traditional society? | A society in which communities use primitive tools and methods to harvest and hunt for food and rely on their environment for survival |
Why is the US government based on a system of checks and balances? | To prevent any one branch of the government from having too much influence and power |
What does a geographer study? | how "where" people live affects "how" they live |
What are the 5 Themes of Geography | location, place, region, human environment interaction and movement |
Where is California? | West coast of the United States |
What is an economist? | Someone who studies how people choose to use resources, goods and services. |
What is the Quartering Act? | Colonist were forced to feed and house the British soldiers |
Who helped the Pilgrims by teaching them to hunt and plant crops? | Native American Indians |
What are the 3 branches of our government? | Executive, Judicial and Legislative |
Which of the colonies built ships? | New England Colonies |
Who was the commander of the American Army during the Revolutionary War? | George Washington |
What do the Bill of Rights provide for American citizens? | certain protections under the law and rights |
What are the reasons the colonist come to America? | freedom of religion and persecution, land, and ways to make a living |
Who said "No taxation without Representation"? | Thomas Payne |
What did the Declaration of Independence do for the colonist? | Told the British they no longer wanted to be a British colony. |
Why do we trade with oil rich countries? | Because we use more oil than we produce in America. |
Do all cultures have their own language? | Yes |
Are your rights more important than someone else rights? | No, you must respect the rights of others. |
Who limits the US government? | The citizens |
What is tyranny? | Total control by the government |
What is an entrepreneur? | Takes a chance on a new company or product. |
What is a secondary industry? | Uses resources to make new products |
Is eye color part of a culture? | Eye color is genetic not cultural |
What is a sixth graders most important civic duty? | Getting an education |
Who wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |