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• Cool summer

• Cold winter

• Ground Frozen

Forest

• Cover with all green

• The temperatures vary from mild to cold

Rain Forest

• Ground covered with bushes

• small trees

• other plants

Grassland

• covered by grasslands

• Grasses are tall,thick

• land gets less rainfall

Desert

• Plants can bear

• Harsh sun

• high temperature

• little rain

The things that good to survive in Desert

• Hardiest bushes

• shrubs

• few small trees

• cacti

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They cooperate on issues like

(Environment,Air traffic,Fishing regulations)

The description of President John F. Kennedy

" Geography has made us neighbors, history has made us friends,economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies "

Key word:

• Economy

  (is the way that buisness owners use resources to provide the goods and services that people want.

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Before NAFTA, no one knew how free trade would affect the U.S Economy.

These three countries have made good use of NAFTA.

(Thousands of years after Native Americans)

The United States is also a mixture of salad because they have all different cultures.

(They are also called melting pots, a salad bowl , or a patch work quilt) to illustrate how U.S society combines aspects of many cultures.

EX. settlers from Great Britain brought English,the most widely spoken language in the United States.Spanish is often spoken in the southeast and he southwest,where people from Spain and Mexico settled.

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• This document remains the foundation for all laws and the framework for the U.S government more than 200 years after its creation.

• After gaining independence from Great Britain in 1783,they established a nation called the United States of America.

"The government is us; we are the government,you and I."

Federal System

• Federal : National,Central

• System : Regional,States

State-> Country

• Land (terrritory)

• People (Citizens)

• government(Institution)

(resources)

Articles of Confederation

The Executive Branch

• The president is elected to head the executive branch.

• The President enforces the laws,serves as commander in chief of the armed forces,and conducts foreign affairs.

• To enforce laws

The Legislative Branch

• Congress is made up of two houses-the Senate and the House of Representatives-and makes national laws.

• Two senators are elected from each of the 50 states.

• Representatives has 435 members,elected from each state according to its population.

• To make laws

The Judicial Branch

• The Judicial branch is the system of federal courts that makes sure all laws and treaties are constitutional,or agree with the U.S Constitution.

• The highest federal court,the Supreme Court,has mine justices,or judges, nominated by the President and approved by the Senate.

• Supreme court

The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.(Limited resources)

<No country in the world has everyting>

Good is any object you can buy to satisfy a want.

Service is an action that meets a want.

Natural Resources

• Raw materials are used to make goods.

• Ex.land,water,forests,minerals,soil, and climate

Labor Resources

• Workers are needed with the appropriate knowledge,skills,and experience to make goods or provide services.

Capital Resources

• Machines,factories,and supplies are needed.

Entrepreneurs

• These are the people who bring natural resources, labor resources,and capital resources together to produce goods and services.

• U.S. industries include services,such as health care and legal services; communications,such as publishing,television and radio,telephone,and mail delivery; finance,such as banks and stock markets; manufacturing, such as food products, automobiles,and clothing;and electronics, such as televisions,computers,and sound equipment.

Profit : is the money that remains after all the costs of producing a product have been paid.

Competition:is the rivalry among businesses to sell goods to consumers and make the greatest profit.