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5th Grade Ch 2
SS Ch 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Climate | the weather an area has throughout the year |
| environment | the surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live |
| renewable resources | resources that can be replaced |
| nonrenewable resources | resources that can not be replaced |
| ecosystem | all the living and nonliving things that live in a certain area |
| conservation | the protection and careful use of natural resources |
| immigrant | a person who comes to a country from another country to live |
| diversity | variety |
| ethnic group | a group of people who share the same customs and language |
| citizen | a person who is born in a country or becomes a member of a country by law |
| constitution | a plan of government |
| federal government | national government |
| democratic republic | it is a system in which people choose representatives to run the government |
| values | the beliefs and ideals that guide the way people live |
| cultural regions | areas where people share the same customs, beliefs and language |
| free enterprise | a system allowing people to own land and operate businesses |
| entrepreneur | people who use their ideas to start a business |
| consumer | a person who buys and uses goods and services |
| historian | a person who studies the past |
| secondary source | an account of the past written by someone who was not an eyewitness to the event. |