Articles of the Confederation
an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution |
Bill of Rights
a statement of the rights of a class of people |
Canada
a nation in northern North America, has the longest unguarded border with the United States |
Central America
the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia |
civil war
a war between factions in the same country |
civilization
the quality of excellence in thought and manners and taste; a particular society at a particular time and place |
command
exercise authoritative control or power over; a position of highest authority; an authoritative direction or instruction to do something |
conflict
fight; struggle; incompatibility of dates or events |
Constitution
law determining the fundamental political principles of a government |
consumption
eating or drinking of something |
developed region
region that has a highly developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure |
developing region
less industrialized region, relatively low-income parts of the world |
discovery
a productive insight; compulsory pretrial disclosure of documents relevant to a case |
federal
of or relating to central government; national |
historian
one who is an authority on history |
innovation
introduction of something new |
invention
the creation of something in the mind; a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation |
judicial system
the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government |
market
place where groceries are sold; the customers for a particular product or service |
Mexico
a republic in southern North America, became independent from Spain in 1810 |
movement
act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another |
North America
a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama |
patriotism
love of country; devotion to welfare of one's country; virtues and actions of patriot |
population
the people who inhabit a territory or state; the number of inhabitants in a given place |
production
the act or process of producing something; the creation of value or wealth by producing goods and services; the act of exhibiting in a court of law |
public education
public schools generally refer to primary or secondary schools mandated for or offered to all children without charge, funded in whole or in part by taxation |
resolution
determination; resolving to do something; formal statement of a decision |
revolution
act of revolving; motion of body round a fixed point or line; rotation; total or radical change; fundamental change in political organization |
socialization
the act of meeting for social purposes; the action of establishing on a socialist basisn. the adoption of the behavior |
stock market
an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers |
surplus
remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining |
system
organized structure for arranging or classifying |
terrorism
the calculated use of violence against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
traditional
pertaining to time-honored orthodox doctrines; consisting of or derived from tradition |
