2015 Final Study Guide
Topic
North America
US Constitution
What does it do?
1st Amendment
Page #
Constitution
101
Description
 A document most democracy have
 Tells the people rights and
responsibilities
Constitution 1. Freedom of Religion (see later in study
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guide)
2. Freedom of Speech (cannot endanger or
incite people)
3. Freedom of Press (to keep people
informed)
4. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly (Come
together as a group and discuss similar values
and expectations of the government.)
5. Freedom to Petition, lobby or file file
lawsuits (This is how the people can influence
the government.)
13th Amendment
Constitution Abolishes slavery
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14th Amendment
Constitution
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(Civil Rights
Movement used
this amendment
often to prove
unfair treatment)
15th, 19th, 26th
Amendments
 Tells what citizen is born in the US or
nationalized
 Equal protection under the law
 NO STATE can change the law of the
constitution.
 (Even if you are not a citizen but are in t
US = get the same protection as US
citizen)
Constitution 15th - Who gets to vote? All men – allow
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black men and former slave the vote
Who doesn’t? (Women)
(The voting
amendments)
19th – Who finally gets the vote? 1920
Women get the vote
26th – What does this change? Lower voting
age from 21 years to 18 years of age. (both
men and women)
Why? –Vietnam War
3 Branches of
Government
Notes
Who is in charge?
What do they do?
US government
limitations on
religious issues
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Executive
Legislative
Judicial
Prez
Congress
S Court
Enforces
laws
Makes laws
Decides on
laws
 Tax $ may not be used to support a
religion
 Gov may not tell you which religion to
(what it cannot
do)
US economy in
the 1900’s
Indigenous group
of Canada
Canada 2 types of
political divisions
First European
group to arrive in
Canada
Canada’s most
populated
economic region
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follow
 Cannot stop you from practicing your
religion
 Became the world’s leading economy
Inuit – crossed from Asia across the Bering
Strait and entered Alaska
provinces and territories
Notes
Viking and then the French and then the
English
Chart
Economic activity:
Manufacturing
Where located:
Quebec and Ontario
Mayans
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Time period? 250AD - 900AD
Location? Yucatan Peninsula
What did they invent to track time?
 365 day calendar- Track religious
ceremonies
Aztecs
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Time period? * 1200AD -1500AD
Location? * Central Mexico
Hernan Cortez
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What was his native country?
Spain
Why did the Aztec’s fear him?
 They thought he was a powerful god –
 Half man and half horse
Why did they think him to be a god?
 He was always on his horse and they
thought he was half horse.
What country
colonized
Mexico?
VOCABULARY:
economy
dictatorship
constitutional
monarchy
traditional
economy
free market
economy
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Spain
The way a nation and its people meet their
daily needs – Has to do with production
Strong central government, run by a single
person who is backed the military. – EX.
Hitler, Stalin, Kim Jung Un
King or queen are head state, but the people
run the government = limited government
Poorer countries – you do what your father,
grandfather… did for a living
EX: - farming, fisherman, weaving, making
pots
The individual decides what will be sold,
how much to produce, who to sell to and
command
economy
environment
refugee
federal republic
drought
representative
democracy
Geography
Contiguous
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how much to charge
EX: Supply and demand
Government owns all business and controls
the economy – individuals have no say
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Define and give an example – areas joined
together with common boundaries
EX: All states but Hawaii and Alaska
Equator
Define it: divides the earth into north and
southern hemispheres
It is a line of
____________latitude___________
What is its purpose? Center earth – divide
north and south – Measures 0°
Prime Meridian
Locate it.
Define it: longitudinal line that runs through
Greenwich, England
It is a line of
________________longitude_____________
What is its purpose? Divide the earth into
east and west hemispheres
What are
hemispheres?
What is the
purpose of
hemispheres?
Can a place be in
only one
hemisphere?
Understand how
to use Latitude
and Longitude
Know the 7
continents
Locate them on
the map
Know the 5
oceans
Locate them on
the map
Locate it.
1. either the north, south, east or west
portion of the earth
2. to divide earth in order to m ake more
manageable
blocks of land – rather than the whole earth
3. No, at least two hemispheres
List here:
List here: