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| culture | a way of life |
| ethnic group | people with a common heritage |
| services | jobs people do to help others |
| economy | the way a country uses or produces natural resources, goods, and services |
| region | an area with common features that set it apart from other areas |
| ancestor | all those in your family who were born before you |
| renewable resource | resources that can be replaced |
| citizen | people who are born in a country or who have earned the right to become members of that country |
| Constitution | the plan of government for the United States that explains the parts of the government and outlines the most important laws |
| referendum | a direct vote that allows citizens to vote for or against an idea a citizen has proposed |
| democracy | a form of government that allows people to pick representatives to run the government |
| basin | a low, bowl-shaped landform surrounded by higher land |
| free enterprise | a system that lets people own and run their own businesses |
| senate | the branch of governement that makes law for the whole country which includes two representatives from each state |
| goal | somthing that a citizen may want to achieve which would be considered before voting |
| legislative | the branch of our government that makes laws; Congress |
| judicial | the branch of our government that interprets the laws; the Supreme Court |
| executive | the branch of our government let by the President |
| five regions of our country | Northeast, Middle West, Southwest, Southeast, West |
| transportation | moving goods or people from one place to another |
| landforms | the shapes that make up the Earth's surface |
| nonrenewable resources | resouces that there is a llimited supply of; when used up it will be gone forever |
| nonrenewable resources | minerals and fuels |
| renewable resources | trees, water, soil |
| climate | pattern of weather over many years |
| three factors of climate | distance from equator, distance from ocean, elevation |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | canals that connect rivers and the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean; completed in 1959 |
