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List of Words for Letter 'C'

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  • canyon a deep valley with very high, steep sides
  • cede to give up or give away land
  • Central Powers forces led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey in World War I
  • checks and balances the system in which the power of each branch of government is balanced by the powers of the other branches
  • circle graph a graph in the shape of a circle that shows the sizes of different parts of a whole; also called a pie graph
  • citizen a person who is born in a country or who has earned the right to become a member of that country by law
  • civil rights the rights of all people to be treated equally under the law
  • Civil War the war between the Union states of the North and the Confederate states of the South, 1861-1865
  • clan a group of families who share the same ancestor
  • climate the pattern of weather of a certain place over many years
  • Cold War a war of words, ideas, and military buildup between the United States and the Soviet Union
  • communism a system in which the government owns most businesses and makes many economic decisions for its citizens
  • Confederate States of America the states that seceded from the Union and formed a separate government from 1860 to 1865
  • consequence the possible result of a choice or action
  • conservation the careful use of a natural resource
  • constitution a plan of government
  • consumer a person who buys goods and uses services
  • continent one of Earth's seven great bodies of land - Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America
  • Continental Divide the imaginary line made of high points in the Rocky Mountains from where our nation's rivers flow east or west
  • Corps of Discovery the group of people selected to explore the Louisiana Purchase; they were led by Lewis and Clark
  • county one of the sections into which a state or country is divided
  • county seat the town in a county where government offices are located
  • culture a way of life shared by a group of people


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