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Citizen(s):

One who owes allegiance to a nation and is entitled to its protection.

Civil Court:

A court that handles cases relating to disputes between two or more individuals or organizations.

Civilization(s):

An advanced state of intellectual, cultural, and material development in human society, marked by progress in the arts and sciences, the extensive use of record-keeping, including writing, and the appearance of complex political and social institutions.

Civil Rights:

Equal treatment of all people with respect to protection of the law and to the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property.

Class:

People having the same social or economic status.

Cold War:

A period of conflict, tension, and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, from the mid 1940's until the early 1990's.

Colonial Rule:

The extension of a nation's sovereignty over territory beyond its borders by the establishment of either settler colonies or administrative dependencies in which indigenous populations are directly ruled or displaced.

Command Economy:

An economic system in which goods and services are allocated by a central authority.

Commerce:

The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale, as between cities or nations.

Commodity (commodities):

An object that has use value of its own. Sometimes commodities like gold can be used as money.

Communism:

An economic and political system in which property and goods are owned by the government and products are shared by all.

Community (communities):

Interaction of people in a common area; places where people live, work, and play.

Compass Rose:

Map graphic displaying cardinal directions.

Competition:

The rivalry among sellers and rivalry among buyers in a market.

Complex Maps (special purpose/thematic/complex maps):

A map representing a specific spatial distribution, theme, or topic, for example population density, cattle production, or climates of the world.

Concurrent Powers:

Any powers that may be exercised by both the federal government and state governments.

Constitution:

Body of fundamental law, setting out the basic principles, structures, processes, and functions of a government, and placing limits upon its actions.

Consumer Price Index (CPI):

An index that measures the average level of prices of goods and services typically consumed by an urban American family.

Consumer(s):

A person who buys and uses goods and services.

Corporation(s):

A business with multiple owners, whose director and officers are individually liable, but all owners (shareholders and stockholders) are not.

Cost(s):

Anything lost or sacrificed when a choice is made.

Credit:

Money borrowed or the capacity to borrow money.

Credit Rating:

A number that reflects the quality of a borrower regarding the likelihood of being consistent on paying bills and making loan payments on time.

Criminal Court:

A court that handles cases relating to the violation of law.

Cultural Characteristic:

Social groups, language, religion, daily life, arts, government systems, economic systems, and history.

Cultural Diffusion:

The spreading of a cultural trait (e.g., material object, idea, or behavior pattern) from one society to another.

Cultural Identity:

The cultural background and behavioral distinctiveness an individual tends to identify with and be associated.

Culture:

Learned behavior of people, which includes their belief systems and languages, their social relationships and customs, their institutions and organizations, and their material.