| A | B |
|---|
| resources | natural wealth of a region |
| scarcity | more people want goods or services than the society can produce at one time |
| barter | people exchange what they need |
| import | buy goods from other countries |
| export | sell goods to other countries |
| global interdependence | nations provide each other with those things they do not produce themselves |
| commerce | business and trade |
| self sufficient | able to support one's self with out the help of others |
| citizens | people who live in a country; share common history, customs, and values |
| monarcy | king or queen controls the government |
| republic | president heads the country |
| emblem | symbol used to represent something |
| Democracy | government gets its popwer from the people |
| Declaration of Independence | 1776 document by which colonists asserted that they were free of British rule |
| Amendment | a change in a law |
| Constitution | written plan of government |
| Bill of Rights | the first 10 amendments to the Constitution |
| Executive Branch | carries out the laws |
| Judicial Branch | decides if a law is fair |
| Legislative Branch | writes the laws |
| Parliament | England's government |
| Revolution | a sudden change |
| Dictator | a person who controls everything in a government |
