THE UNITED STATES VOCABULARY FOR THE OVERVIEW
AMERICAN PEOPLE, AMERICAN LAND
1. Culture: The way of life of a group of people
2. Ideals: Important beliefs
3. Ethnic Group: Group of people who share the same customs and language
4. Census: A count of the population
5. Immigrants: People who leave one country to go live in another country
6. Democracy: Government that is run by the people
\7. Republic: Form of government in which people elect representatives to
make laws and run government
8. Constitution: A written plan of government
9. Citizen: A member of a country
10.Private Property: Something owned by individual people
11.Economy: System for producing and distributing goods and services
12.Free Enterprise: Economic system on which people are free to start their
own businesses and own their own property
13.Profit: Money a business has left over after it has paid all its costs
14.Supply: Amount of a product that is available
15.Demand: Amount of a product that people are willing to buy
16.Export: Good that one country sells to another country
17.Consumer: Person who buys or uses goods and services
18.Entrepreneur: Person who starts a new business, hoping to make a profit
19.Region: Large area that has common features that set it apart from other
areas
20.Geography: Study of earth and how people use it
21.Agriculture: Business of growing crops and raising animals
22.Irrigation: Method of bringing water to dry land
23.Climate: Weather in an area over a long period of time
24.Precipitation: Moisture that falls to earth in the form of rain, snow, or sleet
25.Interdependent: Needing each other
26.Natural Resource: Things found in nature that people can use (water, trees)
27.Mineral: Substances found on earth that are neither animal or vegetable
28.Fossil Fuel: Fuels formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived
thousands of years ago (coal, oil, natural gas)
29.Renewable Resource: Resources that can be renewed or replaced
30.Nonrenewable Resource: Resources that cannot easily be replaced
31.Conservation: Preserving and protecting natural resources
32.Environment: All things that surround us, such as land, water, and trees
33.Pollution: The addition of harmful substances to the air, water, or soil
34. Import: A good that one country buys from another