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SS Overview
American People, American Land; Lessons 1-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A short saying that tells something about an organization or a person | motto |
| E Pluribus Unim are the Latin words for what English phrase | Out of many, one |
| The way of life of a group of people; can include religion, customs, and language | culture |
| Important beliefs; such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to live and work anywhere | ideals |
| A group of people who share the same customs and language | ethnic group |
| Every 10 years the US government counts all the people | census |
| People who leave one country to go live in another country | immigrants |
| Many immigrants from Europe entered the US through this place in New York Harbor | Ellis Island |
| This type of graph shows change over time | line graph |
| This type of graph show how a whole is divided into parts | circle graph |
| In this type of government, people have the power to make decisions | democracy |
| In this type of democracy, all the voters in a community get together to make decisions | direct democracy |
| In this type of democracy, the people elect representatives to make laws and run the government | republic |
| A written plan of government | constitution |
| What are the three levels of government | federal, state, local |
| A member of a country | citizen |
| Responsibilities of US citizens | vote, pay taxes, serve on juries, obey laws |
| A way to keep track of how much money you spend and how much you earn | budget |
| Something owned by individuals or groups, such as a house or car | private property |
| A system for producing and distributing goods and services | economy |
| An economic system where people are free to start their own businesses and own their own property | free enterprise |
| The money a business has left after it has paid all its costs | profit |
| The amount of a good or service that is available | supply |
| The amount of a good or service that people are willing to buy | demand |
| When many people want to buy something, what usually happens to the price | raises |
| When only a few people want to buy something, what usually happens to the price | decreases |
| The value of the next best choice when considering buying something | opportunity cost |
| A good that one country sells to another country | export |
| A good that one country buys from another country | import |
| A person or group that buys or uses goods and services | consumer |
| A person who starts a new business, hoping to make a profit | entrepreneur |
| This person obtained 1,093 patents for inventions and improvements | Thomas Edison |
| This person started a beauty products business with only a few dollars and became a millionaire | Madam C. J. Walker |
| A large area that has common features that set it apart from other areas | region |
| What are the 5 regions in the US | Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, West |
| The study of Earth and how people use it | geography |
| The business of growing crops and raising animals | agriculture |
| A method of bringing water to dry land | irrigation |
| A scientist who discovered hundreds of new uses for crops such as peanuts and sweet potatoes | George Washington Carver |
| The weather in an area over a long period of time | climate |
| The moisture that falls to Earth in the form of rain, snow, or sleet | precipitation |
| What we call it when different regions of the country need each other | interdependent |
| This type of map shows the height of land in different places | elevation map |
| Things found in nature that people can use | natural resources |
| Substances found on Earth that are neither animal nor vegetable | minerals |
| Fuels formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived thousands of years ago | fossil fuels |
| Resources that can be renewed or replaced | renewable resources |
| Resources that cannot be easily replaced | nonrenewable resources |
| Preserving and protecting resources | conservation |
| This is made up of all the things that surround us, such as land, water, air, and trees | environment |
| The first national park in the United States | Yellowstone National Park |
| President who helped create several national parks in the early 1900s | Theodore Roosevelt |
| The addition of harmful substances to the air, water, or soil | pollution |
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