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7th Grade
08/14/2018

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The American Flag was called:
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OLD GLORY
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How many stars are there on the American Flag?
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50
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The 50 stars and 13 strips represent:
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The 50 states and the 13 original colonies
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What does the blue mean on the American flag?
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Loyalty,Devotion,Truth,Justice, and Friendship
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One of the original colonies were:
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Georgia
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what does red mean on the American flag?
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courage and zeal
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what does white mean on the american flag
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purity
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what is the capital of the united states?
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Washington D.C.
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what is the first popular city
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New York city,NY
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what is the most popular state?
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Los Angeles,CA
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what is the least populated state?
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Wyoming
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what are the two border countries?
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Canada and Mexico
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largest land mass:
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Alaska
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small land mass state:
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Rhode Island
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how many us territories
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16
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how many people live on the us territories?
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5
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if you were born in the us territories you are considered a
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us citizen
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each of the 5 territories has how many congress men
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1
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inhabited territories are:
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puerto rico, guam, us virgin island, american samoa, northern mariana islands
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presidential democracy:
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A type of government system in which the people have the power to elect leaders to both the executive branch (president) and legislative branch of goverment
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distribution of power
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fedral
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civic participation
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citizens over the age of 18 may vote for countries president and state and local leaders
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current president:
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donald trump
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vice president:
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michael pence
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cabinet:
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16
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senate
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100 members that serve 6 year terms 2 per state
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GA state senator:
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David perdue and Johnny isakson
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house of representatives
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435 members that serve 2 year terms. Number of representatives is based on states population Georgia has 14
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1775-1783
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american revolution
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1776
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declared our independence
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1787
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us constitution
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1787
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George washington elected first president
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1791
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bill of rights
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1861-1865
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us civil war
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1865
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13 amendment
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1914-1918
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world war I
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1939-1945
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world war II
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1950-1954
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Korean war
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1965-1976
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vietnam war
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1990-1991
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gulf war
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2001
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current war in Afghanistan
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2003-2011
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war in Iraq
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what is scarcity?
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there are not enough resources tom produce everything people want and need
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traditional
Definition
traditional customs and values
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command
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government controls it
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market
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supply and demand
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what are the 3 economic questions every country must answer?
Definition
what goods and services should be produced?
how should the goods and services be produced?
who consumes these goods and services?
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human capital
Definition
free public education, academics
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capital goods
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a man made factor of production used by labor in making other products, updated factories and goods,
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entrepreneurship
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the individual responsible for combining and organizing natural resources, capital goods and labor to produce a good or service. to start a business
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natural resources
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productive resources that are provided by nature.. oil,forest,lakes rivers,minerals
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describe 3 results of specialization?
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more efficient ways to do the work, lowers cost,better ways to do the work
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why does international trade require a system for exchanging currencies?
Definition
countries from around the world have different currencies,therefore the world must have an exchange rate.
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tariff
Definition
is a tax
it makes goods more expensive for its citizens to buy a product outside of their country
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Quotas
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are limits on the amount of a good that can be imported into a country.
Quotas can cause shortages that cause prices to rise.
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Embargo
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forbid trade with another country.Embargoes usually happen for political reasons.
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