Test 7 Flashcards
What are the three branches of government in the United States and what do they do?
- Executive - enforces the laws
- Judicial branch. -interprets the laws
- Legislative branch - makes the laws
The executive branch of government
Enforces the law
The legislative branch
Makes the laws
The judicial branch
Interprets the laws
How does Canada have two official languages
Explorer from England and France claimed land in Canada for their countries. The two countries fought for territory in the Seven YEar’s War - England won. Even though England gained control of the land, it allowed the French to keep their own language and religion.
The deepest lake in the United States is
Crater Lake
The largest river in the United States is
The Mississippi River
The largest freshwater lake in the world is
Lake Superior
The world’s largest inland seaway is
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada’s highest peak is
Mt. Logan
The most prominent landform in eastern North America is
The Appalachian Mountains
The highest waterfall in North America is
Yosemite Falls
Joseph Brant translated options of Scripture into what language?
Mohawk
The largest tribe in the United States today is
Cherokee
Count von Zinzendor was the leader of this group that was active in missionary work.
Moravians
The Native Americans that kept a pictorial chronicle of the history and traditions of North America
Delaware
The Native Americans that lived in long houses
Iroquois
The Native Americans that were known for their burial mounds
Hopewell
The Native Americans that were famous for their weaving of rugs
Navajo
The religious group named the Society of Friends was nicknamed
The Quakers
This tribe’s name means “southern”
Shawnee
The most important animal to the Native Americans of the plains
Buffalo or bison
The Native Americas that were invited to the first Thanksgiving
Wampanoag
The people who wanted to separate from the Church of England
Separatists
The name of the act that passed in1647 establishing the first public schools inAmerica.
Ole’ Deluder Satan Act
George Washington thanked the American people and urged them to be responsible citizens in this speech
farewell address
The name of the woman who is said to have stitched the first United States flag.
Betsy Ross
What are the two houses of Congress?
- Senate
2. House of Representatives
Who is given credit for doing the most work at the Constitutional Convention?
James Madison
The two main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
- It could not collect taxes
2. It had no power to settle arguments
This was the famous Shoshone guided Lewis and Clark on their expedition
Sacagawea
This was the first modern explorer to discover the New World
Christopher Columbus
The agreement signed by England giving the colonies their freedom was the
Treaty of Paris
George Washington and his men spent a harsh winter battling hunger and cold temperatures at
Valley Forge
George Washington’s victory here led to the surrender of Cornwallis and the entire British army
Yorktown
This Massachusetts patriot rode from Boston to warn the colonists at Lexington that the British were coming
Paul Revere
This man was the first modern explorer to reach the mainland of North America
John Cabot
The people who wanted America to be free from Britain’s rule were called
Patriots
This American patriot said,”I have not yet begun to fight.”
John Paul Jones
This man was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
The first written agreement of self-government in America was
The Articles of Confederation
This Virginian had a reputation for being both brave and wise
George Washington
In a fiery speech this young Virginian said,”Give me liberty or give me death.”
Patrick Henry
The document that is the plan for government of the United States still follows today is called
The Constitution
This American patriot said,”I only regret that. I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan Hale
