social studies gr 8 academic vocab

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  1. ally
    a friendly nation
  2. amendment
    a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  3. boycott
    refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization
  4. branch
    a division of a stem arising from the main stem of a plant
  5. government
    the system or form by which a community is ruled
  6. executive
    a person responsible for the administration of a business
  7. legislative
    relating to a lawmaking assembly
  8. judicial
    expressing careful judgment
  9. cede
    give over
  10. check
    examine to determine accuracy or quality
  11. balance
    harmonious arrangement or relation of parts within a whole
  12. citizen
    a native or naturalized member of a state
  13. compromise
    an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
  14. constitution
    the act of forming or establishing something
  15. democracy
    the orientation of those who favor government by the people
  16. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  17. economics
    science dealing with the circulation of goods and services
  18. federalism
    government divided between central and regional powers
  19. foreign
    not deriving from the essential nature of something
  20. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  21. review
    look at again; examine again
  22. import
    bring in from abroad
  23. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  24. inflation
    the act of filling something with air
  25. migration
    the movement of persons from one locality to another
  26. immigration
    movement of people into a country or area
  27. neutral
    having no personal preference
  28. political
    involving or characteristic of governing or social power
  29. preamble
    a preliminary introduction, as to a statute or constitution
  30. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  31. primary
    of first rank or importance or value
  32. secondary
    being of second rank or importance or value
  33. source
    the place where something begins
  34. ratify
    approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
  35. republic
    a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
  36. revolution
    a single complete turn
  37. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
  38. sectionalism
    excessive devotion to the interests of a particular region
  39. separation
    the act of dividing or disconnecting
  40. tariff
    a government tax on imports or exports
Created on Thu Dec 31 11:04:30 EST 2009

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