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Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List four things that are included in culture. | language, religion, food, clothing |
| What does immigrated mean? | left one country to live in another |
| What is a rural community? | small towns and countryside |
| What is a suburban community? | towns or small cities near a large city |
| What is an urban community? | areas in large cities |
| What are two ways in which the population of the United States has changed since the United States became a country? | In the beginning most people lived in rural areas and then when more manufacturing started many people moved to urban areas . Now many people have moved from urban areas to live in suburban areas |
| What is a constitution? | a written plan for government |
| What is majority rule? | a way of deciding something in which whoever or whatever gets the most votes wins |
| What are three rights that all citizens of the United States have? | All citizens have the freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion, right to petition, right to trial by jury and to vote. |
| Why is voting so important in a democracy? | In a democracy, the people elect their leaders by voting. When people vote they are using their power to govern themselves. |
| Why does the government collect taxes? | to pay for the cost of running the government |
| What are the main activities that make up an economy? | producing, selling and buying |
| What is a free market economy? | an economy in which people can start almost any kind of business and run it however they choose |
| What is the difference between supply and demand? | Supply is the amount of a product or service that is available. Demand is the amount of a product or service that people want and are willing to pay for. |
| How has the main economic activity of the United States changed over time? | In the past, the main economic activity was agriculture. Later, it became manufacturing. Today, it is service industries. |
| 4 out of 5 workers are part of what industry today? | service |
| What is opportunity cost? | when you choose between 2 things it is the thing you gave up or did not buy |
| Who leads the Executive Branch? | The President |
| Who leads the Judicial Branch? | The Supreme Court |
| Who leads the Legislative Branch? | Congress: Senate and House of Representatives |
| What is the job of the Executive Branch? | See that the laws are carried out |
| What is the job of the Judicial Branch? | Decide if the laws follow the Constitution |
| What is the job of the Legislative Branch? | Make the laws |
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