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FBA Mid Term Review
History Key Terms
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History
8th Grade
12/18/2008

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geography
Definition
study of people, their environments, abd their resources
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psychology
Definition
study of how people thinak and behave
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political science
Definition
the study of governments
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economics
Definition
the study of how people satisfy their wants and needs by managing their limited resources
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artifact
Definition
an object made by humans
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secondary source
Definition
an account by people who did not witness and event
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isthmus
Definition
a narrow strip of land that joins two large areas
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natural resource
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an environmental material that humans use to survive and fill needs
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sachem
Definition
specially chosen Iroquis council leader
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missionary
Definition
someone who spreads Chrsitian teachings
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extended family
Definition
several generations living in one household
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kachina
Definition
spirit who was represented by a masked Native American dancer
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astrolabe
Definition
instrument that helped sailors determine latitiude while at sea
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potlatch
Definition
ceremonial dinner held by NA's of the Northwest
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adobe
Definition
sun-dried brick used to build houses
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quipu
Definition
string of knots used by the Incas to record quantities
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charter
Definition
legal document giving rights to a person or company
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precedent
Definition
example for people to follow in the future
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alliance
Definition
agreement between 2 nations to aid and protect each other
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export
Definition
shipped to another country
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import
Definition
brought into a country
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slave code
Definition
a way of treating people like proprty
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writ of assistance
Definition
document that granted the right to inspect a ships cargo
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militia
Definition
army of citizens who serve during emergencies
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petition
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a signed document addressed to aithorities that requests change
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minutemen
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volunteer who, when notified, was ready to fight the British
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boycott
Definition
act of refusing to buy certain goods or services
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Stamp Act
Definition
imposed duties on legal documetns
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Intolerable Acts
Definition
retaliated for the Boston Tea Party
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Quebec Act
Definition
established protection for rights of French Catholics
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Proclamation of 1763
Definition
forbade settlement west of the Appalachians
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Townshend Acts
Definition
taxed goods such as paper, paint, glass, and lead
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radical
Definition
wanted to make drastic changes in society
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Patriot
Definition
favored war with the British
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ally
Definition
formed political alliances to achieve a common goal
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mercenary
Definition
worked for hire as a professional soldier
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Loyalist
Definition
favored peaceful solutions to the conflict with the Brisith
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Saratoga
Definition
Burgoyne's surrender, also marked the war's turning point
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Trenton
Definition
battle begun by Washington's crossing of the Delaware
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Yorktown
Definition
final conflict of the American Revolution
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Cowpens
Definition
Morgan's victory using unconvential tactics
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Bunker Hill
Definition
first major battle of the Revolutionary War
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constitution
Definition
document that sets out the laws, principles, organization, and processes of a government.
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bill of rights
Definition
list of freedoms that the government promises to protect
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Articles of Confederation
Definition
first American constitution created in 1777 which created a very loose alliance of 13 independent states
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Northwest Ordinance
Definition
In 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance. It set up a government for the Northwest Territory, guaranteed basic rights to settlers, and outlawed slavery there. It also provided for the vast region to be divided into separate territories in the future.
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Magna Carta
Definition
The Magna Carta contained two basic ideas that helped to shape both British and American government. First, it made it clear that English monarchs themselves had to obey the law. Secondly, the Magna Carta stated that English nobles had certain rights—rights that were later extended to other classes of people as well. These included rights to private property and the right to trial by jury.
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John Locke
Definition
said that the relationship between governement and its people is a social contract
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The Great Compromise
Definition
plan at the Constitutional Convention that settled the differences between large and small states
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Federalist
Definition
supporter of the Constitution who favored a strong federal government
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Antifederalists
Definition
people who opposed the Constitution and a strong national government
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Three-Fifths Compromise
Definition
three fifths of the slaves in any states would be counted for both taxes and representation
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