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| custom | a usual way of doing things |
| immigrant | a person who comes to live in a country from another place |
| ancestor | an early family member |
| isthmus | a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas |
| religion | beliefs about god |
| slavery | making one person the property of another person |
| poverty | being very poor |
| ethnic group | a group of people from the same country |
| culture | someones customs and beliefs |
| consequence | what happens because of an action |
| refugee | a person who travels to another country to escape danger |
| tuberculosis | a lung disease |
| independence | freedom |
| government | a group of people who lead a community state or country |
| democracy | a form of government where the people rule |
| representative democracy | citizens elect representatives who make decisions about the laws for all the people |
| majority rule | people vote for something whatever gets the most votes wins |
| right | a freedom that belongs to you |
| responsibility | something that a person should do |
| heritage | a way of life, a custom or belief that came from the past and continues today |
| monument | something that is built to remind people of the past |
| federal | national government for the whole country |
| revolution | a large sudden change in government or peoples lives |
| declaration of independence | thomas jefferson wrote it. all people have the rightto life liberty and happiness |
| constitution | the rights that people in the united states have |
| legislative branch | makes the laws |
| congress | makes the laws for the whole nation |
| executive branch | makes sure that laws passed by congress are carried out |
| judicial branch | makes sure that laws are carried out fairly |
| supreme court | is made up of nine judges called justices decisions made by justices apply to everyone in the country |
