Auriemma The United States
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| What are the two oceans that border the United States? | Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
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| Which states are not part of the contiguous United States? | Hawaii and Alaska
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| What are the five MAJOR regions that make up the United States? | Coastal Plains, Appalachian Mountains, Interior (Great) Plains, Rocky Mountains, and Pacific Coast
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| Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. run together in an almost continuous line of settlement. What is this an example of? | megalopolis
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| What are the five themes of geography? | Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human Environment Interaction
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| What term can be applied to a series of mountains? | range
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| What physical region do we live in? | Gulf Coastal Plain
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| Which to hemispheres is the United States located in? | Western and Northern
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| What is the relative location of the United States? | North of Mexico, South of Canada, East of the Pacific Ocean, and West of the Atlantic Ocean
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| What climate region is Florida in? | sub-tropical
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| What are some natural places found in the United States? | Ex:Grand Canyon, Rocky Mountains, Lake Superior, Great Plains
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| Name a few man made places found in the United States. | Ex: Statue of Liberty, Sears Tower, Empire State Building, Alamo
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| What is the lowest point in the United States? | Death Valley, California
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| What are the 5 Great Lakes? | Huron, Ontarion, Michigan, Erie, Superior
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| Who is our Vice-President? | Joe Biden
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| What are the first 10 Ammendments in the Constitution called? | Bill of Rights
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| What are the three branches of US Government? | Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
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| What are the first ten ammendments in the Constitution called? | Bill of Rights
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| Which Ammendment gives the freedmoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition? | 1st Ammendment
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| Which Ammendment gives any power not given by the Constitution to the States? | 10th Ammendment
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| Which Ammendment does not allow you to testify against yourself in court? | 5th Ammendment
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| Which Ammendment gives adults the right to bear arms? | 2nd Ammendment
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| Which ammendment does not allow cruel and unusual punishment? | 8th Ammendment
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| Which ammendment allows a trial by a jury of your peers? | Ammendment 7
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| Which ammendment states a warrant is needed to search a home? | 4th Ammendment
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| What is an immigrant? | A person who moves to a new country to make a permanent home
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| What type of border is between US and Canada? | The world's largest undefended border
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| What types of fossil fuels are used in the United States? | coal, oil and natural gas
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| Besides states, what other political borders are there? | territories
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| What natural structure under the water's surface formed by skeletons of small sea animals destroyed Christopher Columbus' boat the Santa Maria? | Coral Reef
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| What is NAFTA? | North American Free Trade Agreement- allowes US, Canada and Mexico to trade without tariffs.
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| What two landforms do both Canada and the United States share? | Rocky Mountains and Great Plains
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| The United States has an economic system where people can start and run a business with limited government interference, what is this called? | Free Enterprise System
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| What type of water body is wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass? | Naviagble
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| How is Canada's health care program different than the United States? | Canada has developed a national health care program
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| What type of economic activities can you find in the United States? | fishing, shipping, manufacturing, service industries, farming, mining, and timber
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| What does the term NAFTA stand for? | North American Free Trade Agreement
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| About how much money is made through trade with NAFTA? | $1 billion
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| Which state was the first to secede from the United States resulting in the Civil War? | South Carolina
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| What is a colony? | An overseas territory or settlement tied to a parent country
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| How many British colonies did the US have? | 13
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| What are the 13 colonies? | Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia.
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| Who did Florida belong to during British occupation? | Spain
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| What is the highest point in the United States? | Mt. McKinnley, Alaska
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| What agricultural products support Florida? | Citrus, Sugar, Peanuts, potatoes and corn
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| What is the major exports of the United States? | Food and machinery
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| What is the largest ethnic heritage in the United States? | European
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| Which three groups of Europeans explored and tried to colonize the United States? | England, France and Spain
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| What are the five main topics in American Society? | history, governmnet, population, arts and literature and sports and recreation.
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| Where did the first Americans come froma nd why did they move here? | The first Americans are believed to have come from Asia using a landbrige, they were following food.
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| What was the date that America declared their independence? | July 4, 1776
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| What branch of government is the President, Vice-President, Cabinent, Agencies and Departments found under? | Executive
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| Which two groups make up Congres? | House of Representatives and the Sentate
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| Which branch of government is Congres? | Legislative
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| What is the main job of the legislative branch? | To make laws
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| Which branch of govenment interprets the laws? | Judicial
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| Which economic region would you find farming? | Midwest
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| How did the Industrial Revolution change the United States? | The use of machinery and factories helped the US economy boom.
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| Why was there a big push for America to join both of the World Wars? | To fight for freedom and release countries from dictators.
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| Which contigious state had a huge gold rush? | California
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| What are equal rights? | Rights for all people.
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