6SS Semester 1 Final Units 1-5

Why does the Amazon River carry so much freshwater?

Originally, ten amendments added to the US Constitution to set out certain rights the government could not violate.

German monk responsible for the Protestant Reformation and the 95 Theses.

What is a location found using cardinal directions to describe where a place is in comparison with another location?

Separate communities that included a city and its surrounding area

What are the three climate zones of Mexico?

What percent of the Earth is fresh water?

What is the main reason for the constitution?

One nation takes control of an area and dominates it.

A vast region of land purchased by the US from France.

What is the largest country in the world according to its landmass?

What type of map displays natural features such as mountains, valleys, rivers and lakes?

Relocation of people in the US from the south to the north

Mass killing of 6 million European Jews by Germany's Nazi leaders.

A type of government that has one ruler with absolute power.

What is an economic ideology based on kings giving land to nobles?

Lines that RUN east to west but MEASURE north to south.

Why is Cinco De Mayo celebrated?

Period of artistic and intellectual activity

In the colonial society, people who came from Spain and held the most important government posts.

What is the most important waterway in Southern Europe?

Shared beliefs, behaviors and traits

What was the religious movement led by Martin Luther that lead to the reform of the practices of the Catholic Church?

What is a location determined using latitude and longitude to find the exact location?

Spanish conquerors

Lines that RUN north to south but MEASURE east to west.

Rome's first emperor

Global competition and rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union

Individuals and private groups decide what to produce

Persons of mixed European and indigenous heritage.

first people or natives to settle in an area

A type of government that involves a king or queen where power is passed from older to younger generations.

Change from using humans to using machines to perform work

What type of map is used to show man made features such as boundaries and names of cities?

After WWII many countries in southern Europe became democracies.

The idea that the US should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Name the European country that is home of the gods of Mt. Olympus.

to bring in goods from another country

Why did early Spanish explorers come to the tropical north region of South America?

The first plan of government in the US that created a national government where states held most of the power.

Which country was the major loser of WWI causing the rise of the Nazi party?

to send goods to another country