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| Local Government: | city, village, or town governments |
| State Government: | the government that rules the state where you live |
| Explorer: | a person who travels in search of geographical or scientific information |
| Declaration of Independence | a document written in 1776 by colonists to demand their freedom from England |
| Constitution: | a document written to establish the rules of our nation |
| Bill of Rights: | summary of fundamental rights and privileges guaranteed to a people |
| Ratify: | to be passed into a law |
| Veto: | the power to reject a bill, preventing it from becoming a law |
| Election: | the process of casting votes to choose a person for a government office |
| Latitude: | the imaginary lines that run horizontally across the globe |
| Longitude: | the imaginary lines that run vertically around the globe |
| Compass Rose: | the symbol found on a map that shows the four main directions |
| Cardinal Directions: | the four main directions: north, south, east, and west |
| Intermediate Directions: | northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest |
| Oral History: | passing down information by word of mouth |
| Prime Meridian: | the imaginary vertical line that runs down the center of the globe 0o Longitude |
| Governor: | the leader of the executive branch of the state government |
| Mayor: | the leader of the executive branch of the local government |
| Executive Branch: | the branch of government that carries out and enforces the laws |
| Legislative Branch: | the branch of government that creates the laws |
| Judicial Branch: | the branch of government that interprets the laws |
| President: | the leader of the executive branch of the federal government |
| Census: | a systematic way of finding out the population in a given region |
| Colony: | a settlement ruled by another country |
| Settlement | a place where people decide to set up permanent residence |
| Fact: | something that is known to be true |
| Opinion: | a personal view of an issue |
| Patriot: | personal view of an issue |
| Climate: | the average weather in a region based on the geography of a region and trends in weather over a period of time |
| Weather: | the day to day state of the atmosphere |
| Geography: | the study of climate, landforms, bodies of water, and natural resources of a specific place |
| Labor: | the people who do the work |
| Currency: | a symbolic substitution for actual goods and services with an agreed-upon value |
| Needs: | things you must have to survive, food, water, shelter and clothing |
| Interest: | an amount charged to a borrower by a lender for use of his or her money |
| Resources: | things that people need to produce goods or provide services, can take the form of capital resources, human resources and natural resources |
| Producer: | maker of a good or service |
| Wants: | those items desired by consumers after their needs are met |
| Budget: | a plan for using your capital resources |
| Capital: | financial resources such as, money or currency |
| Credit: | a system of borrowing capital resources to be repaid with interest |
| Debt: | something that is owed and must be paid |
| Economics: | science that deals with the production, distribution, and/or consumption of goods |
| Goods: | things that are grown, gathered, made, or manufactured to meet the needs and/or wants of society |
| Services: | an action performed by a laborer for pay |
