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USA Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of transportation?

a)

act or process of drawing a vehicle.

b)

act or process of living in an unlimited government.

c)

act or process of moving goods, services, or people from one location to another.

d)

act or process of voting for representatives.

2.

A constitution is _____.

a)

taxes on imported goods (goods coming into a country).

b)

the basic principals and laws of the land.

c)

the power to take an elected official out of office.

d)

the concept of "Power to the People".

3.

What is a pathway for modes of transportation like highways, railroads, or public transit called?

a)

Barrier

b)

Cordillera

c)

Corridor

d)

Tributary

4.

An artificial (man-made) waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships for transportation is called a _____.

a)

Corridor

b)

Canal

c)

Barrier

d)

Tributary

5.

What is a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake called?

a)

Tributary

b)

Barrier

c)

Corridor

d)

Canal

6.

Any physical object that interrupts or stops the movement of goods, services, or people is called a ____.

a)

Corridor

b)

Tributary

c)

Canal

d)

Barrier

7.

A system or group of mountain ranges together with intervening plateaus is called a ___.

a)

Corridor

b)

Canal

c)

Cordillera

d)

Tributary

8.

A city or country in which various nationalities or races live together and gradually blend into one community can be referred to as a melting pot.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The spreading and merging of one culture into another culture is ___.

a)

Cultural

b)

Spreadable

c)

Suffrage

d)

Diffusion

10.

What is suffrage?

a)

Hurting inside

b)

Hunger...No food to eat

c)

The Right to Vote

d)

Being a representative

11.

Popular Sovereignty is ___.

a)

the belief that people can and should govern themselves...Power to the People.

b)

a system of mountain ranges often consisting of a number of more or less parallel chains.

c)

a form of government in which control is exercised by the rule of the majority, elected officials.

d)

the rights needed by each individual to live a good life without the interference of government.

12.

A form of government in which control is exercised by the rule of the majority and officials are elected is called a ____.

a)

Boycott

b)

Civil Right

c)

Democracy

d)

Expedition

13.

What are inalienable rights?

a)

The rights that are divided/shared between the national and state government.

b)

The rights people are born with - life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness.

c)

The refusal to deal with a country to express disapproval or force something to change.

d)

The rights needed by each individual to live a good life without the interference of government.

14.

What is the term used when the government power is divided or shared between the national and state government?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Boycott

c)

Federalism

d)

Popular Sovereignty

15.

What is the system that allows each branch of government (executive, judicial, legislation) to watch or monitor the other branches to prevent any one branch from having too much power?

a)

Boycott

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Suffrage

16.

What is self-government? Check all that apply.

a)

Democracy

b)

Self-Rule

c)

Federalism

d)

Republic

17.

The eastward expansion of the U.S. that brought money, land, and resources to strengthen America was called manifest destiny.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The definition of _____ is the refusal to trade with another country to express disapproval or force something to change.

a)

Boycott

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Suffrage

d)

Canal

19.

An expedition is a journey or trip undertaken for a specific purpose as war or exploration.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What is a tariff?

a)

The right of voting.

b)

The refusal to deal with a country to express disapproval or force something to change.

c)

The guarantees of equal social opportunities and protection for all citizens under the U.S. law.

d)

Taxes on imported goods (goods coming into a country.)