PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS ECONOMICS CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT AMERICAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
THE LANGUAGE, CUSTOMS AND IDEAS OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE
CULTURE
AN INTOLERANCE OR IRRATIONAL HATRED OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOU
PREJUDICE
POLICY OR PRACTICING OF SEPERATING PEOPLE
SEGREGATION
Any Person that seeks a dramatic political, social, or economic change.
Radical
Process by which a person not born in the U.S. become a citizen.
Naturalization
A key that explains the symbols on a map.
Legend
A document that was prepared at the time of the event.
Primary source
A graphic that indicates the four main directions.
Compass
An activity or business that goes across state lines.
Interstate
Any particular event or idea from a party’s platform.
Plank
Economic system that is defined by the private ownership of property and means of production.
Market
Word that is synonymous with the word business.
Commerce
When people are free to operate any business, own any property, or participate in the economy.
Free enterprise
Items that are short in supply or hard to find.
Scarcity
When a nation has the ability to produce more goods than another nation
Absolute advantage
A formal complaint
Grievance
Anything that has to do with government or the community.
Civil
The right of people to choose their own government.
Popular Sovereignty
Legal proceeding that take place to ensure that individual rights are protected.
Due Process
The process of removing an elected official from office.
Recall
General type of government that is ruled by a King or Queen who inherit their title.
Monarchy
Government in which the supreme power resides with one person.
Dictatorship
When people give their consent to be governed by elected representatives.
Representative Democracy
When there is no government at all.
Anarchy
When the power of the government is given to the wealthy. government
Plutocracy
Document that established our existing form of government. existing
Constitution
To try and influence legislators to vote a certain way. legislators
Lobby
PowersPowers that only the states have.
Reserved Powers
When government power is divided between the federal government and the states.
Federalism
When citizens can petition to have an existing law removed.
Referendum