To Next Slide Academic Vocabulary Social Studies T. Sams Piedmont Elementary 2008

To Next Slide What was the war that started in 1776 to create a new nation, the United States of America, ending British control. American Revolution

To Next Slide Egypt, Greece, Maya, Mesopotamia, Rome, and Vikings are sometimes referred to as________. Ancient civilizations

To Next Slide What was the first governing document of the United States of America which united the Thirteen Colonies? Articles of Confederation

To Next Slide _______ is the term used to describe the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Bill of Rights

To Next Slide What word is used to refer to the original 13 colonies forming the U.S.? colonial

To Next Slide This document gives the fundamental principles upon which the American republic is conducted. Constitution of the U.S.

To Next Slide The President, who also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, is the head of this branch of government. He appoints the Cabinet and oversees the various agencies and departments of the federal government. Executive Branch

To Next Slide This form of government insists on the right and the capacity of a people to control their institutions for their own purposes. democracy

To Next Slide What do you call a person who travels in search of new geographical or scientific information? explorer

To Next Slide This branch of government makes sure laws are understood correctly. It consists of the Supreme Court and the lower federal courts. Judicial Branch

To Next Slide This branch of government consists of the Congress, which is divided into two chambers -- the Senate and the House of Representatives. This part makes laws. Legislative Branch

To Next Slide Each member of __________ is elected by the people of his or her state. Each senator with two members from each state, has 100 seats, and are elected for six-year terms. Congress

To Next Slide The______________, with membership based on state populations, has 435 seats, and are elected for two-year terms. House of Representatives

To Next Slide This was the land between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains bought from France in 1803 at the cost of about 3 cents per acre. Louisiana Purchase

To Next Slide The ______________was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was drafted by the pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Mayflower Compact

To Next Slide A _________religious settlement where missionaries live and work. mission

To Next Slide Indigenous peoples within the territory that is now continental United States. (e.g., Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw) Native American groups

To Next Slide The _________is the beginning part of the Constitution. preamble

To Next Slide This is a person that wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England. They came to American for religious freedom. Puritan

To Next Slide The Religious Society of Friends that began in England in the 17th century Quaker

To Next Slide ____________is a personal set of beliefs about God or Gods. religion

To Next Slide An American pioneer and long hunter who opened the Cumberland Gap and was first to cross the Appalachians was________. Daniel Boone

To Next Slide First governor of Tennessee and a famous Indian fighter. John Sevier

To Next Slide The __________was passed by Parliament, putting a stamp tax on all newspapers, pamphlets, and many kinds of legal documents. STAMP ACT ( taxes of (Revolutionary War)

To Next Slide This the was a tax brought in a bill on tea, glass, wine, oil, paper, lead, and painters' colors. Townshend Act ( taxes of Revolutionary War)

To Next Slide The state of a person who is held against their will and made to carry out orders another is _____________________. slavery

To Next Slide The _________was the route taken by the Cherokee on their forced journey to Indian Territory. Trail of Tears

To Next Slide The theory that attempts to describe, explain, and predict changes in the price and quantity of goods sold in competitive markets. Supply and demand

To Next Slide The Gold Rush, The Homestead Act, Lewis and Clark, the Louisiana Purchase, Native Americans, The Northwest Ordinance, the Oregon Trail, Orphan Trains, the Pony Express, the Transcontinental Railroad, and the Wild West are referred to as ____________. Westward expansion

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