Understanding U.S. Government, Geography, and Economic Systems

1. Warm Up 5/29/2013 • NO binders & Copy ROAR! • Get a sheet of paper • Title your sheet of paper: DBA #4 Review • Go to page 8 in your textbook and define: Physical Map, Political Map and Thematic (Special Purpose Map)

2. Federalism, Sovereignty & Separation of Powers • Federalism – power divided between state and national gov’t. • Popular Sovereignty– government that gains power from the people. • Separation of powers – checks and balances.

3. Cultural Borrowing & Diffusion • Borrowing – When a group of people adopt another’s traits. • EX. Americans wearing skinny jeans from France • EX. American eating Sushi from Japan • Diffusion – process of spreading new knowledge and skills to another group • EX. Christopher Columbus spreading Christianity to the native people.

4. Free Enterprise VS Communism • Free Enterprise – decisions are made by citizen business owners • EX. USA • Communism – decisions made by the government • EX. North Korea

5. Branches of Government • Legislative – make laws • Congress – senate and house of representatives • Judicial – interprets laws • Supreme Court • Executive – Enforces Laws • President, Vice-President and Cabinet

6. NAFTA • North American Free Trade Agreement • No trade barriers such as tariffs • Brings money into all 3 countries • Maquiladoras – factories built in border towns where labor is cheaper than the United States

7. Bolivia & Chile • Remember foldable? • Countries that are very close together but are very different because of the transportation barrier. • Andes Mountains

8. Columbia’s War on Drugs • Drug dealers pay farmers to grow coca. • Must grow coca or they lose their farms. • Drugs are sent to the United States and Europe.

9. Maps • Physical – map that shows only physical features • EX. Mountains, rivers, lakes … • Political – map that show man made features • EX. Cities, capitals, states, countries … • Thematic – map that only shows a specific topic • EX. Population density map

10. Physical Map = map of many colors

11. Political Map = a lot of lines (boundaries)

12. Thematic Map – tells you one, specific thing

13. Preamble • introduction statement of the constitution • Tells what you will find in the constitution • We the people …

14. Latitude and Longitude

15. Bill of Rights • Guarantees your rights as a US citizen • 1 – RAPPS • 2 – Bear Arms • 3 – No Quartering • 4 – No illegal search and seizure • 5 – no incriminating yourself • 6 – speedy trial • 7 – trial by jury • 8 – no cruel or unusual punishment • 9 – rights not listed are given to YOU! • 10 – powers not given to the national government are given to the states (Federalism)

16. Territorial Acquisitions

17. Types of Industry • Agriculture • Wholesale • Retail • Manufacturing • Service

18. Voting • Important right of US citizen

19. 13th, 14th, 15th, & 19th • 13 – freed the slaves • 14 – made everyone equal citizens • 15 – equal voting rights (MEN!) • 19 – Women’s right to vote

20. Industrialized VS Developing • Industrialized (Developed) • High standard of living and developed industrial base • countries in Europe and North America • Developing • low living standard and underdeveloped industrial base • countries in Africa , Asia and Latin America

21. Important Documents • Constitution • 1787 • James Madison “Father of the U.S. Constitution” • Declaration of Independence • 1775 • Thomas Jefferson

22. Barriers and Corridors • Barrier – mountain, desert • Corridor – canal, river, strait