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What geographic region is located between the two major US moutain ranges?
The Great Plains
Death Valley
The Yukon
The Saraha Desert
2
The navigational lines on the globe that run horizontally (West to East) are called:
Langital Lines
Longitude Lines
Linburbur lims
Latitude Lines
3
What is Executive Power?
The power to make laws
The power to enforce laws
The power to review and interpret law
The power to elect people to political office
4
Who did Brazil gain their independence from?
The United States
France
Portugal
England
5
Where is the power concentrated under a Confederate structure of government?
No one has power and everyone fends for themselves in a dystopian nightmare
At the National level
At the Regional/Local level
It is shared throughout the levels
6
What are the two types of democracies?
Direct Democracies and Republics
Parliamentary and Presidential
There is only really one type
Absolute Monarchies and Dictatorships
7
Who is this?
Marty Walsh, the secretary of labor and 11th in line for the presidency
Kamala Harris, the Vice President
Marcia Fudge the secretary of housing and human development
Joe Biden President of the United States
8
Who did Canada (kind of) gain their independence from?
Great Britain
The United States
The Roman Empire
Germany
9
which of these is a mountain range found in the United States?
Himalayas
Zagros
Alps
Appalachains
10
What is Legislative Power?
The power to enforce laws
The power to review and interpret law
The power to elect people to political office
The power to make laws
11
The meridians of longitude eminate from what line?
The Equator
Optimus Prime
Ecuador
The Prime Meridian
12
who holds the legislative power in the US?
The President and his cabinet
The Canadian Supreme Court
Congress
The Imperial Senate and the Grand Council
13
What is Judicial Power?
The power to enforce laws
The power to make laws
The power to elect people to political office
The power to review and interpret law
14
who holds the legislative power in Brazil?
The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
The President
The Supreme Court
The Imperial Senate
15
Where is the power concentrated under a Federal structure of government?
No one has power and everyone fends for themselves in a dystopian nightmare
At the National level
At the Regional/Local level
It is shared throughout the levels
16
Who holds the power in an Autocracy?
A small self selecting group of people
No one has power and everyone fends for themselves in a dystopian nightmare
One person
those who are elected to office by the people
17
who holds the legislative power in Mexico?
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation
The Imperial Senate
The President
The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies
18
What is the defining feature of a Presidential Republic?
The executive takes and maintains power via military force
The executive is selected by and serves at the pleasure of the legislative.
The executive branch is completely separate from the legislative branch
Executives chosen by the judicial can be removed by the legislative branch
19
The navigational lines on the globe that run vertically (North to South) are called:
Langital Lines
Linburbur lims
Latitude Lines
Longitude Lines
20
What are the three structures by which power is divided between levels of government?
State, County, and City
Autocracy, Oligarchy, and Democracy
Parliamentary, Republics, and Autocracies
Federal, Unitary, and Confederate
21
Who holds the power in a Democracy?
those who are elected to office by the people
A small self selecting group of people
One person
No one has power and everyone fends for themselves in a dystopian nightmare
22
What are the two kinds of
republics
?
Parliamentary and Presidential
There is only really one type
Direct Democracies and Republics
Absolute Monarchies and Dictatorships
23
Where is the power concentrated under a Unitary structure of government?
At the National level
At the Regional/Local level
It is shared throughout the levels
No one has power and everyone fends for themselves in a dystopian nightmare
24
What do political maps show?
state and national boundaries, as well as capitals and major cities.
physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes.
changes in elevation and the shape of the land in a given area.
the average number of people living per square mile or kilometer
25
who holds the judicial power in the United States?
The Bereau of Labor Statistics
The Supreme Court and federal courts
The President and his cabinet
The US military
26
which of these is NOT one of the US's top three trading partners?
Mexico
Canada
Germany
China
27
Who holds the power in an Oligarchy?
One person
A small self selecting group of people
No one has power and everyone fends for themselves in a dystopian nightmare
those who are elected to office by the people
28
which of these is a mountain range found in Canada?
The Rockies
The Eastern Ghats
The Caucasus
The Hindu Kush
29
When was the United States founded?
1865
1776
1992
1812
30
What is the largest and most important river in the United States?
The Ohio
The Missouri
The Savannah
The Mississippi
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What is the defining feature of a Parliamentary Republic?
The executive branch is completely separate from the legislative branch
The executive is selected by and serves at the pleasure of the legislative.
Executives chosen by the judicial can be removed by the legislative branch
The executive takes and maintains power via military force
32
What are the two types of autocracies?
There is only really one type
Absolute Monarchies and Dictatorships
Direct Democracies and Republics
Parliamentary and Presidential
33
The parallels of latitude eminate from what line?
The Prime Meridian
The Equator
Optimus Prime
Ecuador
34
who holds the legislative power in Canada?
The House of Commons and the Senate
The Imperial Senate and the Grand Council
The Canadian Supreme Court
The Prime Minister
35
What is the largest and most important river in Brazil?
The Amazon
The Nile
The Yangtze
The Ganges
36
What is GDP a measure of?
the total amount of money generated by taxes in a country each year.
how much money a country has in their bank account
total value of goods and services produced in a country during one year
The average income of people and companies in a country from year to year
37
What is a Plateau?
An area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides
A body of land with water on both sides.
A narrow, moving body of water with land on two sides.
A large elevated area of relatively flat land
38
What do physical maps show?
physical features of an area, such as the mountains, rivers and lakes.
changes in elevation and the shape of the land in a given area.
the average number of people living per square mile or kilometer.
state and national boundaries and capital and major cities.
39
Who did Mexico gain their independence from?
Portugal
The United States
Germany
Spain
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who holds the executive power in the United States?
The Supreme Court and federal courts
The state governments
The House of Representatives and the Senate
The President and his cabinet
