Chapter 2 study guide Regions Our Country's People

What is the constitution?

• the plan of government for the United States explains the parts and outlines the more important laws.

• The war in the United States between the North and the South

• A large machine next to the ocean

A person who comes to a new country to live

A person in your family starting with your parents and grandparents.

• adobe

• ancestor

• immigrant

• tradition

The economic system that allows people to own and run their own business.

• Economics

• Free Enterprise

• Ethnic Group

Not controlled by someone else.

• Interdependent

• Independent

• ADA

Which is not a branch of government?

• Citizen

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

The president is part of this branch of government.

• Judicial

• Legislative

• Executive

The ADA's purpose is to allow people with disabilities to have the same opportunities as other Americans.

• True

• False

The area with common features that set it apart from other areas is called a

• abbreviation

• region

• state

Maryland is in the

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Middle West

• West