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Social Studies
Lessons 2 and 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a good that one country buys from another | import |
| a good that one country sells to another | export |
| written plan of government | constitution |
| amount of a product that is available | supply |
| business of growing crops and raising animals | agriculture |
| government's count of the people in the country | census |
| fuel formed from the remains of plans and animals that lived thousands of years ago | fossil fuel |
| government in which the people elect representatives to make laws and run the government | republic |
| important belief | ideal |
| large area with common features that set it apart from other areas | region |
| member of a country | citizen |
| moisture that falls to Earth in the form of rain, sleet, or snow | precipitation |
| money a business have left over after it has paid all its costs | profit |
| economy in which people start their own businesses and own their own property | free enterprise |
| person who leaves one country to go live in another | immigrant |
| people who share customs and language | ethnic group |
| person who buys or uses good and services | consumer |
| person who starts a new business, hoping to make a profit | entrepreneur |
| preserving and protecting resources | conservation |
| resource that can be replaced | renewable resource |
| resource that cannot easily be replaced | nonrenewable resource |
| the way of life of a group of people | culture |
| something owned by an individual | private property |
| substance found on Earth that is neither animal nor vegetable | mineral |
| system for producing good and services | economy |
| addition of harmful substances to the air, water, or soil | pollution |
| water in an area over a long period of time | climate |
| the study of Earth and how people use it | geography |
| all the things that surround us, including air, water, land and trees | environment |
| method of bringing water to dry land | irrigation |