| Term | Definition |
| natural resource | resource found in nature such as sun, water, trees, and land |
| human resource | the skills, knowledge, and labor that people bring to their jobs |
| capital resource | things made by people that help workers make goods or provide services. Examples are |
| entrepreneur | A person who takes a risk or a choice and starts a business |
| abolitionist | A person who wants to end slavery |
| civil rights | Rights protected by laws |
| conductor | A person who helped people escape to freedom on the underground railroad |
| conscience | An inner sense of right and wrong |
| enslaved | forced to work without pay |
| expression | the ability to speak or write |
| freedom | not being controlled by someone else |
| justice | equal treatment under hte law |
| liberty | freedom |
| prejudice | a strong feeling or opinion formed unfairly or without knowing all the facts |
| rights | freedoms that are protected by a country's laws |
| slavery | a cruel system in which someone legally owns aor controls another perons |
| Underground Railroad | secret network of people and hiding places to help slaves escape to freedom |