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| the business of buying and selling slaves |
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| three branches of the government |
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| executive, legislative, and judicial |
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| a government that is run by the people who live under it |
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| the careful use of a natural resource, not waste |
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| things humans need to survive |
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| things humans desire, but don't need |
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| not plentiful, very few, very little resources |
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| the customs, beliefs, and way of life of a group of people |
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| having different people from different backgrounds or cultures living and/or working together |
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| when different cultures come in contact and share goods and ideas |
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| the height of land above sea level |
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| a culture that has developed systems of government, religion and learning |
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| a group of people who share the same language, history, religion and customs |
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| the overthrow of a government by force |
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| the movement of people into a new country to make a permanent home there: immigrants are the people that move to a new country |
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| all the surrounding things, conditions and influences affecting the development of living things |
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| something that covers or protects from the weather, danger or attack |
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| the weather patterns typical of an area over a long period of time |
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| any form of water, such as rain, hail or snow that falls to the earth |
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| the line of longitude that is marked 0 degrees on a map of the world, divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres |
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| the line of latitude that is marked 0 degrees on a map of the world, divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres |
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| an elevated piece of land that is fairly flat |
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| a narrow piece of land connecting two large pieces of land |
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| a narrow body of water connecting two large bodies of water |
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| a piece of land almost surrounded by water |
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| not very much, very few, spread out |
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| thick, a great deal, compacted together |
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| the study of the earth and everything on it |
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| the part of social studies that has to do with how people earn a living |
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| something that is used to create or make something else |
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| materials that are found in nature such as minerals, water, land and timber (trees) |
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| the part of the government that enforces or carries out the laws |
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| the part of the government that makes the laws |
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| the part of the government that decides what the laws mean or if someone has broken the laws; interprets the laws |
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| the head of the executive branch of the federal (national) government |
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| the head of the legislative branch of the federal government, has two parts- the Senate and the House of Representatives |
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| the head of the judicial branch of the federal government |
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| our country's plan on government, tells how the government works, tells what the government can or can not do |
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| the first part of the Constitution, tells why the Constitution was written |
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| additions or changes to the Constitution |
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| a law passed by Great Britain in 1765 that placed taxes on newspapers and pamphlets |
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| the event when the colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the British taxes on tea |
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| a war between Great Britain and France. Both countries had help from Native Americans. The British won and gained control of most of France's land in the New World. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| the document that was written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 explaining why the 13 Colonies should be free from British rule |
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| the war fought by the 13 American colonies to end British rule over them |
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| Battle of Lexington and Concord |
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| the first battle of the American Revolution |
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| Independence Day in the United States |
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| the first ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual rights |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| the announcement by President Lincoln in 1863 that all enslaved people living in the Confederate (southern) states were free |
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| a group of British people who sailed to America on the Mayflower so they could practice their religion freely |
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| written agreement signed by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower providing for a form of self-government under majority rule to be set up in the New World |
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| the most widespread family of Native American Indians |
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| a political union of six Native American groups |
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| a certain amount, keep with a certain amount |
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| without having a certain amount |
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| the chief of a tribe or confederation |
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| group of people living together in the same place under the same laws |
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| the condition of depending on others |
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| the watering of dry land by means of canals, pipes or streams |
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| any good that is brought into a country for sale or use; to buy products from another country |
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| any good that is sent out of a country for sale or use; to sell products to another country |
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| period of time in history when many new methods and machines were invented causing the change from an agricultural to an industrial society |
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| manufacturing (making) products, usually in factories |
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| person who uses food, clothing or anything grown or made by producers |
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| person that grows or manufactures things that are used by others |
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| was written in England in 1215 and provided the basis for guaranteeing the personal and political liberties for the people of England. It placed the king under the rule of the law. |
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| an Italian navigator who sailed for Spain and is given credit for discovering America in 1492 |
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| commander in chief of the American army during the Revolutionary War and was the first president of the United States |
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| the 16th president of the United States, was President during the Civil War, two famous speeches; Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation |
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| American minister who led a nonviolent movement to end discrimination in the United States |
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| a war between the northern (Union) and southern (Confederate) states from 1861-1865 |
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| a canal in New York State between Albany and Buffalo, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River; was very important for trade expansion |
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| the physical characteristics of land, examples: mountain, plain, valley, plateau, hill, isthmus, delta |
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| the physical characteristics of water, examples: river, sea, ocean, lake, strait, waterfall, tributary |
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| a group of workers who join together to protect and promote their common interests by dealing as one with their employer |
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| a social habit or way of living of a group of people |
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