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| culture | a way of life of a group of people |
| ethnic group | group of people who share the same customs and language |
| immigrants | people who leave one country to go live in another country |
| republic | form of government in which the people elect representatives to make laws and run the government |
| citizen | member of a country |
| ideals | important beliefs |
| census | count of the population |
| democracy | government that is run by the people |
| constitution | a written plan for government |
| private property | something owned by individual people |
| free enterprise | economic system in which people are free to start their own businesses and own property |
| supply | amount of a product that is available |
| export | good that one country sells to another |
| consumer | person who buys or uses goods and services |
| economy | system for producing and distributing goods and services |
| profit | money a business has left over after it has paid all its costs |
| demand | amount of a product that people are willing to buy |
| import | good that one country buys from another |
| region | large area that has common features that set it apart from other areas |
| agriculture | business of growing crops and raising animals |
| climate | weather in an area over a long period of time |
| interdependent | needing each other |
| entrepreneur | person who starts a new business hoping to make a profit |
| geography | study of Earth and how people use it |
| irrigation | method of bringing water to dry land |
| precipitation | moisture that falls to Earth in the form of rain, snow, or sleet |
| natural resource | something found in nature that people can use |
| fossil fuel | fuel that was formed from remains of plants and animals long ago, coal, oil, matural gas |
| nonrenewable resource | resource that cannot be easily replaced, such as fossil fuel |
| environment | all things that surround us, such as land, water, air, trees |
| mineral | substance such as gold, copper, salt, that is found in the earth and is not a plant or animal |
| renewable resource | resource that can be replaced or renewed, such as a tree |
| conservation | protection and careful use of natural resources |
| pollution | something that dirties the water, air, or soil |
