social studies

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What is history?

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The story of the successes and failures from the past that shaped our world today.

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Where did people live before the industrial revolution?

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They had mostly lived on farms.

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What is geography?

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The study of the physical features that describe places on Earth and how people make decisions about how to adapt to their environment (surroundings).

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What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

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Absolute location uses latitude and longitude and Relative location is a location described by where it is in relation, or compared, to somewhere else.

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What is political science?

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The study of governments and how they are organized.

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What is trade?

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The voluntary exchange of goods and services among people and countries.

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What is scarcity?

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The situation that exists when there is unlimited demand but not enough supply of a good or service.

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What is the purpose of government?

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The system in which a community is organized, and it makes, enforces, and carries out laws and procedures.

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What is the lasting influence of French and Spanish in Louisiana?

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Influenced by French and Spanish civil codes including a set of civil laws ordered by Napoleon Bonaparte of France called the Napoleonic Code.

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Where did Louisiana get its criminal law system from?

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British common law