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| entrepreneur who started a beauty products business, becoming the first African American woman to become a millionaire |
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| something owned by individuals or groups; a free enterprise right that Americans have |
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| a system for producing and distributing goods and services |
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| an economy under which people are free to start their own businesses and own their own property |
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| the money a business has left after it has paid all its costs |
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| the amount of a good or service that is available |
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| the amount of a good or service that people are willing to buy |
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| a good that one country sells to another country; the U.S. ____s wheat and corn to other countries. |
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| a good that one country buys from another country; the U.S. _____'s oil from Saudi Arabia |
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| a person or group that buys or uses goods and services |
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| an inventor encouraged by free enterprise; he invented the electric light bulb among many other inventions. |
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| a person who starts a new business, hoping to make a profit |
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| large area that has common features that set it apart from other areas |
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| the five regions of the U.S. |
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| the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West |
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| 3 benefits of free enterprise |
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1. consumers have many choices about how to spend their money,
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3. people can become entrepreneurs. |
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| the study of Earth and how people use it |
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| the business of growing crops and raising animals |
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| a method of bringing water to dry land |
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| a scientist who discovered many uses for peanuts and sweet potatoes |
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| the weather in an area over a long period of time |
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| the moisture that fails to the Earth in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet |
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| Compare the amount of precipitation of the eastern and western halves of the U.S. |
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| The eastern half of the U.S. usually gets more precipitation than the western half. |
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| the connections between regions; each region needs other regions for supplies, materials, and resources. |
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| things found in nature that people can use; ex.: water, soil, trees, wild animals |
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| substances found on Earth that are neither animal nor vegetable; ex. gold, copper, aluminum, salt, granite |
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| fuels formed from the remains of plants and animals that lived thousand of years ago; ex: coal, oil, natural gas |
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| resources that can be renewed or replaced; ex.: trees, water |
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| resources that cannot be easily replaced such as fossil fuels |
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| preserving and protecting resources |
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| all the things that surround us, such as land, water, air, and trees |
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| Yellowstone National Park |
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| the first national park in the U.S. |
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| president who helped create several national parks |
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| the addition of harmful substances to the air, water, or soil |
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