A | B |
True or False: Bowing to greet each other is NOT a custom in the United States. | TRUE |
Why are there many different customs in the United States? | People from many places brought their customs here. |
True or False: Height is part of a person's culture? | FALSE |
What is shared by all people in the United States? | the same form of government |
Citizens in the United States do NOT have the right to | make decisions that take away certain rights from others |
An action of state government | making laws for drivers |
an action of the national government | running the army |
a person who comes to live in a country from some other place | immigrant |
people who come from the same country, who are of the same race, or who have a common way of life | ethnic group |
the most important court in the United States | Supreme Court |
a system of government in which people elect leaders to make decisions about the laws for all the people | representative democracy |
the President is the head of this branch of the government of the United States | executive branch |
the lawmaking branch of the federal govenment | legislative |
the "supreme law of the land" | Constitution |
What does the Legislative Branch do? | Makes laws |
What does the Executive Branch do? | Maks sure laws are carried out |
What does the Judicial Branch do? | Makes sure laws are carried out fairly |