Schools in Cypress are named for?
Outstanding Cypress citizens.
Many Cypress citizens went to a _______ church.
Lutheran
Recreation for children in Cypress included things such as ______ (List 5 things)?
marbles, hoops and sticks, cards, and checkers.
Cypress citizens traveled using __________, ___________, and _________.
horses, wagons, and buggies.
Early on, people in Cypress made a living by?
Farming.
What is an immigrant?
A person who comes from another country to live in a different country.
A way of doing something that is passed on from parents to children is called a ______________?
Tradition
A groups way of doing things is called a _____________?
Custom
What is the holiday celebrated by Chinese people to honor their elders and their ancestors?
Chinese New Year
What is the holiday in May celebrated by Mexican Americans with a fiesta, parades, and pi�atas?
Cinco de Mayo
What is the holiday celebrated for a week in December by African Americans with storytelling, dancing, and a feast?
Kwanzaa
What is a holiday that celebrates the beginning of the Lent season with parades and costumes?
Mardi Gras
What is Communication?
the sharing of ideas and information
What has technology changed?
The way we communicate.
What do we use today (now) to communicate?
Today we use computers, cell phones, and faxes.
What did we use in the past to communicate?
In the past, we used typewriters, dial phones, and letters.
How can people learn about the past? List 4 items.
Visiting museums and historic places and markers, reading old letters and diaries, and listening to recorded stories from the past.
What is a source?
S?omeone or something that can give information??.
What is history?
the study of what happened to people in the past.
What is a museum?
A building in which objects from other times and places are displayed to help us learn about history.
The Pilgrims sailed from England on the __________.
The Mayflower.
The Pilgrims celebrated their first good harvest with a _________.
Feast
We celebrate this event (Feast) in November on______________.
Thanksgiving Day
England started colonies in America along the __________ Ocean.
Atlantic
On July 4, 1776, the __________________, was written to explain that the settlers wanted to form their own country.
Declaration of Independence
What does independence mean in relation to our government?
The freedom of people to choose their own government.
America�s freedom is celebrated on ___________.
July 4th
This holiday honors all the brave men and women who have fought and died for our country. What is it called?
Memorial Day
Who was the 1st U.S. President and is known as the �Father of Our Country�?
George Washington
Who was the 16th U.S. President who was in office during the Civil War and freed the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Who won a Nobel Peace Prize because of his efforts to find peaceful ways for all people to live together?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the woman who flew across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Who are the presidents on Mount Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.
What are goods?
things that can be bought and sold
What are services?
work done for others for money
An example of a good or service would be?
A toy is a good and a haircut is a service.
What is a consumer?
a person who buys and uses good and services.
What is a Producer?
a person who makes, grows, or sells goods
What is a business?
the making or selling of goods and services.
How can children make money?
by taking care of pets, cleaning their rooms, or helping neighbors.
Definition of income?
the money people earn for the work they do
What is free enterprise?
The freedom to start and run any kind of business.
Definition of bank?
A business that looks after people�s money.
What is the name of the memorial, or landmark, that honors U.S. Presidents from colonial to modern times whose work was important to U.S. history?
Mount Rushmore
What does scarce mean?
not in good supply
What is transportation?
Ways of carrying people and goods from one place to another
What is Trade?
To exchange one thing for another.