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What is Pacific Ocean
The ocean to the West of the US
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What is constitutional monarchy
Type of government where the king/queen is just a figure head
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Who is Abraham Lincoln
President of Union
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What is 1492
The beginning of sustained contact between the people of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
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What is Appalachian Mountains
The mountain range to the East of the US
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What is a dictatorship
Type of government where a person takes over a country and rules by themselves
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What are slavery, states rights, sectionalism
Three main reasons for the Civil War
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What is curiosity, wealth, fame, national pride, religion, foreign trade, faster trade routes
Name 5 of the 7 reasons for exploration
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What is Mississippi River
The longest river in the US- flows north to south
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What is representative democracy
Type of government where citizens vote for a representative to speak for them in the government
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What is states rights
Belief that state laws are more important than federal laws
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What is Colombian Exchance
Transfer of people, goods, ideas back and forth across the atlantic
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What is Hudson River
River that flows north to south near present day New York
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What is command or communist economy
Type of economy where the government owns and makes all decisions for the country
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What is sectionalism
When a citizen is more loyal to the region they live in than to their own country
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Who is Henry Hudson
English and Dutch explorer who has 2 water features named after him
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What is Rocky Mountains
Mountain range that stretches from Canada to Mexico
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What is Free Enterprise or capitalist or market economy
Type of economy where citizens are free spend there money as they please
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What is to nullify
to cancel or make void
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What is NorthWest Passage
Natural waterway through or around North America
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