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Vocabulary Quiz 5 Words
Vocabulary Literary Essential Terms
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Social Studies
7th Grade
04/24/2017

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Push/Pull factors
Definition
are those forces or conditions that serve to drive people either towards or away from place i.e. environmental conditions and demographic trends.
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Quality of life
Definition
socio-economic wellbeing
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Technology
Definition
the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
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Unemployment
Definition
persons who do not have a job; but, have been actively looking for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work.
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American Dream
Definition
freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success
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Founding Principles
Definition
values and principles held by Americans that provide the foundation for American attitudes regarding political life.
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Multiple causation
Definition
many different forces to cause a particular action or occurrence.
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National identity
Definition
depiction of a country as a whole, encompassing its culture, traditions, language, and politics.
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Philosophical theories
Definition
ideas that shaped the development of intellectual philosophies and spanned many popular political, social and economic debates
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Principles of American Constitutional Democracy
Definition
Constitutional government includes rule of law representative institutions, separated and shared powers, checks and balances, individual rights, separation of church and state, federalism, and civilian control of the military.
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Public interest
Definition
refers to the welfare of the general public
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Social issues a
Definition
considered to be problems, controversies directly or indirectly affect a person or members of a society
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