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| culture | The way of life of a group of people |
| constitution | A plan of government |
| democracy | A form of government in which the people rule by making decisions themselves or by electing people to make decisions for them. |
| checks and balances | A system that gives each branch of government different powers so that each branch can keep the powers of the others from becoming too great. |
| executive branch | A branch of government whose main job is to see that laws passed by the legislative branch are carried out. |
| immigrate | To enter a country to live there. |
| government | A system of leaders and laws for making decisions for a community, state, or nation. |
| legislative branch | The lawmaking brnach of government. In the federal government it is called Congress. |
| judicial branch | A branch of the government whose main job is to see that laws are carried out fairly. |
| majority rule | A way of deciding something in which whoever or whatever gets the most votes wins. |
| patriotism | Love of country |
| rural | Like, in, or of the country. |
| republic | A form of government in which people select their leaders. |
| suburb | A town or small city near a large city. |
| urban | Like, in, or of a city. |
| demand | A need or a desire for agood or service by people willing to pay for it. |
| economy | The way people in a place or region use resources to meet their needs. |
| free market | An economy in which people can start almost any kind of business and run it however they choose. |
| factors of production | The human, natural, and capital resources that a business needs to produce goods or services. |
| manufacturing | The making of goods from raw materials by hand or by machinery. |
| opportunity cost | The thing that is given up to get something else. |
| profit | In a business, money left over after all costs have been paid. |
| service industry | Businesses that do things for people instead of making things. |
| supply | The available amount of a product or a service that is offered for sale. |
| trade - off | Giving up one thing to get something else. |
