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social studies chap2
We the people
Term | Definition |
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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 |