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| custom | a usual way of doing things |
| immigrant | a person who comes to live in a country from another country |
| ancestor | an early family member |
| isthmus | a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas |
| wealth | riches |
| religion | beliefs about God or gods |
| slavery | making one person the property of another person |
| poverty | being very poor |
| ethnic group | a group made up of people from the same country, people of the same race, or people with a common way of life |
| culture | a way of life |
| consequence | what happens because of an action |
| independence | freedom from control by others |
| government | a system for deciding what is best for a group of people |
| democracy | a form of government in which the people rule and are free to make choices about their likes and their government |
| representative democracy | a system of government in which citizens elect representatives or leaders to make decisions about the laws for all the people |
| majority rule | a way of deciding something; whoevere or whatever gets the most votes wins |
| right | a freedom that belongs to a person |
| responsibility | something that a person should do |
| heritage | a way of life, a custom, or belief that has come from the past and continues today |
| monument | something that is built to remind people of the past |
| federal | national |
| tax | money that a government collects from its citizens, usually to pay for services |
| revolution | a large, sudden change in government or in people's lives |
| Declaration of Independence | a statement, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, explaining why the U.S. wanted to be free from Britain |
| Supreme Court | the highest court in the country |
| judicial branch | a branch of federal government that makes sure laws are carried out fairly |
| executive branch | a branch of the federal government that carries out laws |
| Congress | the legislative branch of the federal government |
| legislative branch | the lawmaking branch of the federal government; also called Congress |
| Constitution | a written document, which establishes the fundamental rules and principles by which an organization is governed |
