Ch 2 Geography, Econ, and Citizenship

The US has a representative government. What must the government do?

• make decisions in legal cases
• act in the peoples' interests and protect rights
• pay taxes for the services it provides

What are the names of the lines on maps and globes that help you find places?

• degrees and minutes
• equator and Prime Meridian
• latitude and longitude

What are the 4 major kinds of resources?

• supply, demand, recession, and inflation
• land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
• traditional, merchants, market, and mixed

In order to become a US citizen, people from other countries must go through a process called civic participation.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Projection is a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Checks and balances is what is given up to buy something.

• TRUE
• FALSE

___________________ is the system in which each branch of government limits the power of other branches.

• checks and balances
• government
• constitution
• geography

What type of government do we have in the US?

• Representative government
• Govt where citizens elect their government officials
• A government that got key ideas from ancient Greece and Rome
• All of the above

A continued rise in prices is a sign of inflation.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What type of economy did hunter-gatherer groups have?

• market economy
• traditional economy
• no economy
• rustic economy