7TH GRADE STATE VOCABULARY TERMS

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7TH GRADESTATE VOCABULARYTERMS
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AUTOCRACY

• A government in which one
• person has complete
• authority over an entire
• nation.

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CONSERVATION

• To preserve, save, or use
• resources wisely.

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CONTEMPORARY

• Existing, occuring, or living
• at the same time.

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DEFORESTATION

• The clearing of trees.

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DEMOGRAPHICS

• The statistical data of a
• population.

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DEPRESSION

• A period of time when
• business, employment, and
• stock-market values decline
• severely.

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DICTATORSHIP

• A country where all power is
• exercised by a single person
• called a dictator.

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DROUGHT

• A period of time when very
• little rain falls and crops are
• damaged.

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ECONOMIC SYSTEM

• The system of production
• and distribution and
• consumption.

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ESTUARY

• A partially enclosed body of
• water where freshwater
• mixes with salty seawater.

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EXPLORATION

• The investigation of
• unknown regions.

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FAMINE

• An extreme shortage of food.

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FJORD

• A narrow inlet of the sea
• between high, rocky cliffs.

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GLOBAL WARMING

• An increase in the Earths
• average tempature.

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GROWTH RATE

• The rate of increase in size
• per unit of time.

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IMMIGRATION

• The act of moving into a
• country.

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INFANT MORTALITY

• The death rate during the
• first year of life.

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INFLATION

• The rise in prices that occurs
• when currency loses its
• buying power.

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INTERNATIONAL

• Any group of two or more nations.

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LAGOON

• An area of shallow water
• separated from the sea by
• low sandy dunes.

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NAFTA

• North American Free Trade
• Agreement.

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NON-RENEWABLE

• A resource that cannot be
• replaced naturally.

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OCCUPATION

• A persons job or business.

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OPPRESSION

• Using power against a person
• or group of people in an
• unjust or unfair way.

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PHENOMENA

• Any fact or event that is able
• to be observed.

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POLITICAL SYSTEM

• Members of a social
• organization who are in
• power.

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RECESSION

• A period of economic decline.
• OR
• A period of time when business, employment, or
  stock market values shrink.

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RENEWABLE

• A resource that the Earth
• replaces naturally.

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RESOURCE ALLOCATION

• A plan for using resources to
• create the greatest benefit for
• the owner.

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SCARCITY

• Not enough, limited supply.

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THEMATIC

• A group of people, places,
• things, or ideas that have a
• single theme in common.

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TOPOGRAPHY

• The making and studying of
• detailed maps of a relatively
• small area of land.