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refineries.
factorieswhere crude oil ismade intooil
products
region.
a large surface of land area that has
something in common
religious freedom.
allowing people to worship in
whatever religion they choose
renewable.
a natural resource that can be replaced
replica.
something old that has been reconstructed
to resemble the original item
representative.
an elected person that serves two
years in the government
republic.
typeof government inwhich thepower of
governing lies in a group of citizens who vote for
people and leaders to represent them
reservoir.
a human-made lake in which water is
stored
resort.
a place built where people travel for
relaxation or recreation
restore.
reconstruct a place to its original condition
revolution.
a big change
river system.
large rivers that have other smaller
waterforms flowing into them
run-off water.
water flows across the land’s top
until it reaches a body of water
rural.
having to dowith the country, not the city
sand.
a non-metallic substance slowly made from
theweathering forces of nature
sawmills.
buildingswhere lumber is cut intoboards
sea level.
howhigh the land is from the seaor ocean
searchwarrant.
order that gives the police a right
to search someone’s property
Second Continental Congress.
meeting of
colonial leaders held in Philadelphia, 1775
Secretary.
a leader of one of 15 departments of our
executive branch of government; these cabinet
members must be approved by the Senate, and are
called upon to advise the President
Senate.
a group of people whomake up one part of
the legislative branch
senator.
an elected person who represents his/her
state in the Senate
services.
transporting, moving, and selling items
sewage.
wastewater from sinks, showers, and toilets
shopping malls.
large areas that house many
stores, restaurants, and theaters
shunning.
no one in the Amish community will
pay attention to a rule breaker
simple majority.
one more than one-half of a
voting group
slate.
a stone used to make chalkboards, roof tile,
and pool tables
slavery.
people working for other people without
pay
snowbelt.
an area near a large lake that gets more
snow in thewinter
Societyof Friends.
a religious group also known as
Quakers
soft coal.
used tomake steel andproduce electricity
softwood.
wood that we get from hemlock and
different kinds of pine trees
source.
a spring, lake, or other body of water at
which a stream or river begins
state.
an area of landwith boundaries, 50 of which
make up our United States
State Supreme Court.
top court in the state
operated by seven judges
steamboats.
boats with a steam engine that are
moved by a paddlewheel
steel.
a strongmetal product made by blasting cold
air throughmelted iron
street cars.
long cars in which city people were
moved over steel rails by horses
strike.
when workers who belong to a union agree
to stopworking
stripmining.
process where large machines scoop
out coal from the earth’s surface
suburbs.
placeswheremanyhomes arebuilt near or
outside a city or town
subways.
a systemof rails underneath large cities as
ameans ofmoving people
Supreme Court.
nine judges who make up the
6highest court in our nation
surrender.
to give up or be defeated in a fight
surveyors.
peoplewhomeasure areas of land
survive.
to live through something that is hard
to do
sweat lodges.
buildings where heated rocks were
placed inwater
tax.
money that is paid for services provided by the
government
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