Site Words

Annapolis, MD is a harbor town

• site

• situation

Pittsburgh is located at the intersection of three rivers

• Site

• Situation

Alfred G Waters Middle School is located on Cedar Lane Road

• Site

• Situation

Russia is unique because it is located on the following two continents.

• North America

• Oceania

• Europe

• Asia

• USSR

Match the economic systems to its characteristics or meaning.

• Centrally owned by the government

• Free Market

• Private sector, profit, and minimal gov.

• Mixed economy

• Customs, family, and historical basis

• Traditional economy

• Public and private sectors

• Command economy

Select the location on the map that was annexed in 1845 which started a major war between the United States and Mexico over disputed territory.

Match the following

• Yorktown

• British army surrendered to Washington

• Battle of Saratoga

• first shots of the war

• Treaty of Paris

• Washington's troops survived brutal winter

• Valley Forge

• Britain recognizes the independence of The United States of America

• Lexington and Concord

• convinced the French to join the Americans

The​ ________ of the branch of the U.S. Government carries out the law.​ (a)  

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

Match the following person with the event they spearheaded...

• first African-American baseball player to cross the "color line" and join MLB

• Herman Sweatt

• Black law student who challenged UT LAW

• Little Rock Nine

• Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Freedom Riders

• civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States

• Jackie Robinson

• Integration in Little Rock H.S.

• Rosa Parks

What is the term for the physical location of a place, including its natural and human-made features?

• Site

• Situation

• Region

• Locale