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 |
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