| A | B |
|---|
| ethnic group | people who share the same heritage |
| immigrant | a person who comes from a new land from another place to live |
| culture | way of life |
| free enterprise | economic system that allows people to run and own their own business |
| Five Regions | Northeast, Southeast, Middle West, Southwest, West |
| Constitution | the plan of government for the U.S. that explains parts of government and outlines the most important laws |
| Supreme Court | decides if laws follow the Constitution |
| heritage | the history and traditions a group of people share |
| responsibility | something you should do |
| right | something you can do |
| tax | the money people pay to the government so that it can perform public services |
| transportation | the moving of goods or people from one place to another |
| interdependent | relying on one another to meet needs and wants |
| citizen | people who are born in a country or have earned the right to become members of that country |
| economy | the way a country uses its resources to meet needs and wants |
| enslaved Africans | a group of people who were force to come to America against their will |
| Native Americans | the first people to live in North America |
| region | the name for an area with common features that make it different from other areas |
| ancestor | a person born before other generations of the same family |
| President | leads the military |
| Congress | makes laws |
| services | jobs people do to help others. |
| service jobs | The area in which most American people work. |
