| A | B |
| predjudice | An unfavorable opinion of a group that is formed unfairly. |
| legislative branch | The branch of goverment that makes the nation's laws |
| discrimination | the unfair treatment of a person or group by another person or group |
| megalopolis | an area of cities and suburbs that is so crowded it looks like one vast city |
| judicial branch | the branch of goverment that interprets the nations laws |
| capitalism | an economic system in which businesses are owned by individuals or groups rather than by the goverment |
| immigrants | people who move to a country other than the the one where they were born |
| free interprise | the freedom to own property and run a business free of goverment control |
| export | any item sold to another nation |
| developed economy` | an economy that has many diffrent economic activities |
| technology | the methods, tools, and machinery used to meet human needs |
| democracy | a goverment in which decisions are made by the citizens |
| republic | a democracy where voters elect officals to represent them in goverment |
| import | an item bought from another nation |
| checks and balances | a goverment system where each branch limits the powers of the others |
| federal system | a system of goverment that divides power between the national goverment and local goverment |
| executive branch | the branch of goverment responsible for carring out the laws |
| freedom of expression | the freedom to express any idea |