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American History Unit #1 Vocabulary
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36
History
12th Grade
08/09/2018

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Exploration
Definition
an act or instance of exploring or investigating; examination.
#investigate
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Freedom
Definition
the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint.
#liberty
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Immigration
Definition
to come to a country of which one is not a native, usually for permanent residence.
#opportunity
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Stability
Definition
a state of stability or permanence.
#strength
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Analyze
Definition
to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of:
#breakitdown
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Contribution
Definition
the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance
#offering
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Development
Definition
to bring out the capabilities or possibilities of; bring to a more advanced or effective state:
#expansion
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Explain
Definition
to make plain or clear; render understandable or intelligible:
#clarify
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Factors
Definition
one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation:
#aspect
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Impact
Definition
have a strong effect on someone or something.
#effect
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Influence
Definition
the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something, or the effect itself.
#lastingimpact
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Patterns
Definition
anything fashioned or designed to serve as a model or guide for something to be made:
#model
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Shape
Definition
the external form or appearance characteristic of someone or something; the outline of an area or figure
#frame
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Commerce
Definition
an interchange of goods or commodities, especially on a large scale between different countries or between different parts of the same country
#trade,business
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Economic
Definition
pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities.
#guapguap
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Emigrate
Definition
to leave one country or region to settle in another
#depart
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Imperial
Definition
characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies.
#neverberoyals
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Mercantilism
Definition
engaged in trade or commerce
#economics
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Politics
Definition
exercising or seeking power in the governmental or public affairs of a state
#campaigncampaigncampaign
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Region
Definition
an extensive, continuous part of a surface, space, or body
#neighborhood
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Topography
Definition
the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
#contour
Term
HoHoKam
Definition
of, belonging to, or characteristic of an American Indian culture of the central and southern deserts of Arizona, about a.d. 450–1450, roughly contemporaneous with the Anasazi culture to the north.
#doitfortheculture
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Kinship
Definition
a person's relatives collectively
#fam
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Encomienda
Definition
the system, instituted in 1503, under which a Spanish soldier or colonist was granted a tract of land or a village together with its Indian inhabitants.
#compromise
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Headright System
Definition
Originally created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia. It was used as a way to attract new settlers to the region and address the labor shortage.
#workersneeded!
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Foundation
Definition
the basis or groundwork of anything
#est.2000
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Ideologies
Definition
the body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc., that guides an individual, social movement, institution, class, or large group
#differentoutlook
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Individualism
Definition
a social theory advocating the liberty, rights, or independent action of the independent
#i-n-d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t
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Involuntary
Definition
not by one's own choice
#uncontrolled
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Motivation
Definition
the state or condition of being influenced or having a strong reason to act or accomplish something
#passion
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Opportunity
Definition
a situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal
#blessed
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Philosophy
Definition
a particular system of thought based on such study or investigation
#reasoning
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Principle
Definition
a fundamental, primary, or general law or truth from which others are derived
#iputitonthebible
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Tolerance
Definition
a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, beliefs, practices, racial or ethnic origins, etc., differ from one's own
#freedomfrombigotry
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Values
Definition
relative worth, merit, or importance
#isitworthit,letmeworkit(:
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Voluntary
Definition
done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice
#teamfreewill
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