District Common Assessment

people have the right to decide what kind of government they want.

What is absolute location?

the people exercise their power by voting for political leaders.

includes the court systems, interprets the laws and conducts trials.

A change to the Constitution is called?

a way of governing that shares power between the individual states and the nation as a whole

includes the President or Governor, enforces the law.

Checks & Balances is when Congress passes the law but the President can deny it.

To divide by common characteristics

What is geography?

a system that makes sure that the branches of government work together.

What is culture?

Which is NOT an example of physical geography?

Relative location is when?

What determines a tribe's lifestyle?

Constitution split up the powers between the executive, legislative, and the judicial branches.

This tribe relied on bison to meet almost all their basic needs?

American plan for government. It lays out how the government works, and how we all fit into it.

Section of the constitution that protects individual freedoms.

includes our representatives in Congress, makes the laws.