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History Unit 0 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| culture | a way of life for a group of people. |
| ideals | important beliefs |
| ethnic group | a group of people who share the same customs and language |
| census | official count of all the people in the United States |
| immigrants | people who leave on country to go live in another |
| democracy | a government that is run by the people |
| republic | a form of government; in a republic, the people elect other people to make laws and run the government |
| constitution | a written plan for government |
| citizen | a member of a country |
| private property | something owned by individual people or groups |
| economy | system for making and distributing goods and services |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which people are free to start their own businesses and own their own property |
| profit | the money a business has left after it has paid all its costs |
| supply | the amount of a product that is available |
| demand | the amount of a product that people are willing to buy |
| export | a good that one country sells to another country |
| import | a good that one country buys from another country |
| consumer | a person who buys or uses goods and services |
| entrepreneur | a person who starts a new business, hoping to make a profit |
| region | a large area of land with common features |
| geography | the study of Earth and how people use it |
| agriculture | the business of growing crops and raising animals |
| irrigation | a way of bringing water to dry land |
| climate | the weather in an area over a long period of time |
| precipitation | the amount of water that falls to Earth; rain, snow, or sleet |
| interdependent | depending on one another |
| natural resource | something found in nature that people can use. |
| mineral | something found on Earth that is neither an animal or a plant |
| fossil fuel | fuel formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived thousands of years ago |
| nonrenewable resource | a resource that cannot be easily replaced |
| conservation | preserving and protecting resources |
| resources | all the things that surround us; for example, land, air, and water |
| pollution | the addition of harmful things to the air, water, or soil |
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