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30 Cards in this Set
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Democracy
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Member that is eligible to elect representatives
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theocracy
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A system of government in which priests rule in the name of God
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autocracy
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A system of government by one person with absolute power
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dictator
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a ruler with total power over a country.
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communism
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A political theory derived from Karl Marx
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government
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A nation
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state
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rights
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Humans have the right to vote over age 18.
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citizen
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a person who legally belongs to a country and has the rights and protection of that country
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Narrative texts
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It describes sequence the fiction or nonfiction Event
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Informational texts
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An important things that includes any text
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theme
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The subject of the story
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main idea
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What the stories is about
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summary
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a brief statement or account of the main points of something
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plot
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The main events of a story or a movie.
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conflict
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A serious disagreement
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climax
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The most important part of the story or the best sentence.
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fact/ opinion
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opinion means what you think fact means the real thing.
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1st person point of view
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The character may be speaking about him or herself or sharing events that he or she is experiencing
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3rd person point of view- limited
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The narrator only knows the thoughts and opinions of one character
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3rd person point of view- omniscient
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Narrators knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
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Characterization
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the act of describing the character or qualities of someone or something
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Inference
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a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning
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Biotic factor
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a living part of an organism habitat
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Abiotic factor
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A living part of an organism’s habitat.
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homeostasis
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is the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant.
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Limiting Factor
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An Environmental factor that causes a population to decrease.
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Natural resources
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materials provided by the Earth that humans can use to make more complex (human-made) products.
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Nonrenewable resources
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Resources that cannot be replaced.
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Renewable Resources
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A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced
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Recycle
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to treat or process (used or waste materials) so as to make suitable for reuse
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