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Mrs. Brown
7th grade end of year assessment
Term | Definition |
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latitude | location north or south of the Equator measured in degrees |
longitude | location east or west of the Prime Meridian measured in degrees |
climate | usual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time |
culture | way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs |
democracy | form of government in which leaders rule with consent of the citizens |
citizen | legal member of a country |
immigration | the process of people moving from one country to another |
civilization | culture with a written language in which people have many different jobs |
genocide | mass murdeer of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture |
polytheism | belief in more than one God |
monotheism | belief in one God |
artifacts | object made by early people |
renewable resources | natural resource that cannot be used up or replaced, such as trees |
non-renewable resources | natural resource such as mineral that cannot be replaced |
import | to buy goods from another country |
export | to trade goods to other countries |
communism | political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions |
representative democracy | democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation's laws |
drought | long period of extreme dryness |
monarchy | form of government in which a king or queen inherits the right to rule |
natural resource | product of the earth that people use to meet their needs |
suburb | smaller community that surrounds a city |