Life in the US

Question 1

Way of life of a group of people that includes their customs, beliefs, and language.

Answer 1

Culture

Question 2

Differences in culture, variety

Answer 2

Diversity

Question 3

Being in agreement

Answer 3

Unity

Question 4

The beliefs or ideals that guide the way people live

Answer 4

Values

Question 5

A person who leaves one country to go and live in another land

Answer 5

Immigrant

Question 6

Relatives that lived before you

Answer 6

Ancestors

Question 7

Groups of people who share the same customs and language.

Answer 7

Ethnic

Question 8

In recent years the largest number of immigrants have come from where?

Answer 8

Asia and Latin America

Question 9

People whose ancestors are from Spanish speaking countries in the Western Hemishpere

Answer 9

Hispanics

Question 10

Number of people living in a place

Answer 10

Population

Question 11

A count of the people taken every ten years

Answer 11

Census

Question 12

Negative opinion formed without truth

Answer 12

Prejudice

Question 13

A written plan of government for a country

Answer 13

Constitution

Question 14

Form of government where people who make laws and run the government

Answer 14

Democracy

Question 15

Form of government where people elect representatives to the country

Answer 15

Republic

Question 16

Means national government

Answer 16

Federal

Question 17

Capital of the USA

Answer 17

Washington, DC

Question 18

Person born in a country or one who chooses to become a member of that country by law

Answer 18

Citizen

Question 19

The Constitution protects basic rights, such as freedom of _____, ______, and to earn a ______ as one chooses.

Answer 19

Speech, Religion, Living

Question 20

Individual Rights of a citizen under the law

Answer 20

Civil Rights

Question 21

Citizenship includes both _______ and _______.

Answer 21

Rights and Responsibilities

Question 22

Rights include ______ and ______the law.

Answer 22

Voting, Obeying

Question 23

Responsibilities include _______ the rights of others.

Answer 23

respecting

Question 24

What are the three separate levels of Government

Answer 24

Federal, State, and Local

Question 25

What level of government deals with issues that affect the country, can declare war or make peace.

Answer 25

Federal

Question 26

What level of governement deals with issues with all or part of a state, manages public schools, holds elections

Answer 26

State

Question 27

What level of governement deals with city, county, township, boroughs; maintains roads and law and order.

Answer 27

Local

Question 28

A study or record of what happened in the past

Answer 28

History

Question 29

People who study history

Answer 29

Historians

Question 30

Information from the time being studies, such as written documents, eyewitness accounts, film or photographs from the time an event happened.

Answer 30

Primary source

Question 31

History or spoken records is this type of source

Answer 31

Oral

Question 32

An account of the past written by someone who was not there at the time of the event.

Answer 32

Secondary Source

Question 33

Chief participants of history

Answer 33

People

Question 34

Each of ____today is a part of history

Answer 34

Us

Question 35

We expect the government to _____ our lives and property, ______ laws, ______ highways, and ______ schools.

Answer 35

protect, enforce, build, provide