Unit 7 Vocabulary

A situation in which soldiers or police officers surround a city, building, etc., in order to try to take control of it.

• Siege

• petition

• ad interim

• infantry

Civilians; people not involved in fighting a battle but who are caught in the area where the fighting is taking place.

• infantry

• criminals

• noncombatants

• calvary

People who are killed, captured, wounded or who have gone missing during battle.

• casualties

• runaway scrape

• bill of rights

• petition

The idea that the power to create or change the government of a country comes from the people.

• Popular sovereignty

• siege

• queen

• king

A formal request made of a government by the citizens

• Petition

• Bill of Rights

• infantry

• calvary

Temporary

• Ad interim

• infantry

• cavalry

• bill of rights

The ___ level of economic activity is represented in this photograph. 

• Tertiary

• Primary

• Quaternary

• Secondary

What is the word for the number of people who can read and write in a country

• income

• literacy rate

• life expectancy

• free enterprise

What is the term for the movement of people from rural areas to cities?

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• Industrialization

• Colonization

Which term describes a system where the government owns and controls all resources and means of production?

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Communism

• Feudalism