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social studies chap2
We the people
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| culters | ways of life |
| patriotism | love of our country |
| immigrate | come to a country for a better life |
| population | the total number of people who live in a place |
| rural | in the countryside areas |
| urban | or cites |
| suburbs | towns or small cites near larger cites |
| government | a system of leaders and laws for making a decisions for a communiy, state or nation |
| constitution | plan for our country |
| democracy | votes |
| republic | a government that gets it's powers from the people |
| legislative branch | makes the laws |
| executive branch | carries out the laws |
| judicial branch | making sure the laws follow the constituion |
| checks and balances | check up on each other |
| majority rule | each cittizzen can vote by rule |
| economy | all the producing, selling, and buying that people do |
| free market | having a little government control |
| factors of production | human resources or workers |
| profit | the money that a business has left after it pays all it's bills |
| supply | the amount of a product or service that is available |
| demand | the amount of a product or service that people want are willing to pay for |
| manufacuring | the making of products |
| service industry | a business in which people are paid to do things for other people |