United States (4-5) Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What are the basic rights that belong to all citizens? | civil rights |
What is the practice of growing crops and raising livestock? | agriculture |
What is the manufacturing and making of products to sell? | industry |
What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called? | Bill of Rights |
What word means joined together inside a common boundary? | contiguous |
What two states are not part of the contiguous U.S.? | Hawaii and Alaska |
In what type of democracy do people elect leaders to represent them? | representative democracy |
What branch of government is led by the president? | executive |
What branch of government makes laws? | legislative |
What branch of government determines if laws are constitutional? | judicial |
What is the highest court in the United States? | Supreme Court |
What organization created the largest free trade area in the world? | NAFTA |
What legislative body consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives? | Congress |
What organization provides resources to people affected by disasters? | FEMA |
Which part of the Great Plains has a semiarid climate? | western |
Which part of the Great Plains has humid continental and humid subtropical climate? | eastern |
What is the powerful current that flows through the Atlantic Ocean? | Gulf Stream |
What body of water borders the western U.S.? | Pacific |
What was the original name of New York City? | New Amsterdam |
What type of climate is found in the southeast U.S.? | humid subtropical |
The Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers combine to form the ____________ River. | Ohio |
What climate does Oregon, California, and Washington have due to a rain shadow? | marine west coast |
What is the main reason small family farms are decreasing in western states? | agribusiness |
What is a major crop in Idaho? | potatoes |
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of _____________ fuels. | fossil |
What state has a large quantity of coal? | Wyoming |
What area is known as the "nation's breadbasket?" | Midwest |
What is the largest ethnic group in the U.S.? | Caucasian |
Where does the St. Lawrence get its water from? | Great Lakes |
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