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Race:

An ethnic group, tribe, or other set of individuals descended from a common ancestor.

Radical Politics:

Extreme views far beyond the norm; markedly new or different view point - e.g., extremist racial view points, extremist political viewpoints, ideas that are not considered the norm at the time.

Ratification:

The approval or confirmation of a governmental proposal.

Real GDP:

Gross Domestic Product adjusted for the negative impact that inflation has on buying power.

Real Interest Rate:

An interest rate that has been adjusted for the negative effect inflation has on buying power.

Recession:

A period of time during which the real GDP of the economy is decreasing. An extreme recession is a depression.

Reconstruction:

A period of United States history from 1865-1877 during which Southern states were reorganized politically, ending with the withdrawal of federal troops.

Reformation:

A religious movement that began in 1517 when Martin Luther challenged the authority of the Pope and the Catholic Church and resulted in Protestantism.

Region:

An area with characteristics or features that give it a measure of homogeneity and make it different from surrounding areas.

Relative Location:

The location of a point expressed in relationship to the location of other points.

Religious Fundamentalism:

A set of religious beliefs based on a literal interpretation of the Bible and regarded as fundamental to Christian faith and morals; a 20th century movement among some Protestant sects in the United States.

Renaissance:

The revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, beginning in Italy and spreading gradually to other European countries.

Renewable Resource:

A natural resource that is replenished by natural processes such as oxygen, fresh water, and timber.

Representative Government:

A form of government in which power is held by the people and exercised indirectly through elected representatives who make decisions.

Republicanism:

A representative form of government.

Reserve Requirement:

The percentage of deposits set by the Federal Reserve that a financial institution must hold in cash.

Reservation System:

A policy of the United States government to restrict the habitation of Native Americans to designated land.

Reserved Powers:

The powers not delegated to the national government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states, or the people.

Resource(s):

In geography, it is an aspect of the physical environment that people value and use to meet a need for fuel, food, and industrial production, or something else of value. In economics, it is anything that can satisfy a want.

Resource Allocation:

A particular distribution of resource at a given time among competing alternative uses (e.g. how we allocate time on activities such as school. Work, recreation, etc.)

Restricted Trade:

Trade that is limited by government regulation.

Rule of Law:

The principle that every member of a society, even a ruler, must follow the law.

Rule of Man:

The ability of government officials and others to govern by their personal desires.

Rural:

Like or having to do with a place away from a city.