Unit 7 Vocabulary

Refusing to obey laws believed to be unjust

• Civil Disobedience

• Communication

• Transcontinental

• Immigration

The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

• Immigration

• Interchangeable Parts

• Investor

• Transportation

a court’s authority to hear cases

Hint: It can be original, concurrent, appellate or exclusive!

• docket

• caseload

• jurisdiction

a court's calendar showing its schedule of cases

• litigant

• docket

• tenure

The process of moving from one place to another within a country

• A) Migration

• B) Immigration

• C) Emigration

• D) Colonization

A system where the government owns and controls the means of production

• A) Capitalism

• B) Socialism

• C) Feudalism

• D) Mercantilism

The study of past events, particularly in human affairs

• A) Geography

• B) Sociology

• C) History

• D) Anthropology

A large-scale public exhibition or show

• A) Fair

• B) Festival

• C) Parade

• D) Carnival

The belief in the benefits of profitable trading

• A) Imperialism

• B) Mercantilism

• C) Socialism

• D) Communism

A political system where a single ruler has absolute power

• A) Democracy

• B) Monarchy

• C) Dictatorship

• D) Republic