Chapter 2 - Geography, Economics, and Citizenship

A globe of the Earth accurately shows the sizes of continents as well as the shapes of landmasses and bodies of water.

• True

• False

Capital is the ability of people to do work.

• True

• False

The United States has a market economy, in which each person makes choices about what to make, sell, and buy.

• True

• False

A continued rise in prices is a sign of inflation.

• True

• False

To become U.S. citizens, people from other countries must go through a process called civic participation.

• True

• False

A way of showing the round Earth on a flat map

• Projection

• Checks and Balances

• Opportunity Cost

• Longitude

what is given up to make or buy something

• Checks and Balances

• Opportunity Cost

• Longitude

• Projection

imaginary lines that circle the Earth from pole to pole

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Projection

• Checks and Balances

system in which each branch of government limits the powers of other branches.

• Latitude

• Projection

• Checks and Balances

• Opportunity Cost

imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Projection

• Opportunity Cost