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Unit 1 AH Vocab
American History
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History
12th Grade
08/09/2018

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Exploration
Definition
The action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn it.
#NewWorld
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Freedom
Definition
The power or right to act,speak, or think as one wants without restraint.
#FREEandLOVEIT
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Immigration
Definition
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
#Foreign
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Settlement
Definition
A place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community.
#Buildingcommunities
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Analyze
Definition
Examine in detail the structure of something,typically for the purpose of explanation and interpretation
#FBI
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Contribution
Definition
The part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance.
#Movingforward
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Development
Definition
The process of starting to experience or suffer from an ailment or feeling.
#Growing
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Explain
Definition
A statement of the exact meaning of a word, esp. in a dictionary.
#Denotation
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Factors
Definition
A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result or outcome.
#Ihelped
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Impact
Definition
have a strong effect on someone or something.
#influence
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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.
#cause
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Patterns
Definition
A repeated decorative design.
#Repeat
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Shape
Definition
The external form or appearance characteristic of someone or something; the outline of an area or figure.
#Curvature
Term
Commerce
Definition
The activity of buying and selling, esp on a large scale.
#Trade
Term
Economic
Definition
Justified in terms of profitability.
#money
Term
Emigrate
Definition
Leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another
#Flee
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Immigrate
Definition
Come to live permanently in a foreign country.
Term
Imperial
Definition
relating to an empire
#K&Q
Term
Mercantilism
Definition
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading, commercialism
#Beliefintrades
Term
Politics
Definition
The activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, esp. conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.
#Partieswithpower
Term
Region
Definition
An area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics, but not always fixed bound.
#Neverending
Term
Topography
Definition
The arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area.
#Geography2.0
Term
HoHoKam
Definition
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of an American Indian culture of the central and southern deserts of Arizona.
#Cultureindeserts
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Kinship
Definition
The state or fact of being of kin; family relationship
#FAM
Term
Encomienda
Definition
A grant by the Spanish crown to colonists in America conferring the right to the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.
#slavery
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Headright System
Definition
Used as a way to attract new settlers to the region and address the labor shortage.
#advertisment
Term
Foundation
Definition
the lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level.
#Bottom
Term
Ideologies
Definition
A system of ideas and ideals, esp. one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy
#System for policy
Term
Individualism
Definition
A social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control.
#Ispeak
Term
Involuntary
Definition
Done without will or conscious control.
#NOconsent
Term
Motivation
Definition
The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
#Grit
Term
Opportunity
Definition
A set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
#Opendoors
Term
Philosophy
Definition
The study of the theoretical basis of a particular branch of knowledge or experience
#brainpower
Term
Principle
Definition
A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain or reasoning.
#Theory
Term
Tolerance
Definition
The ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
#Buildup
Term
Values
Definition
A person's principles or standards of behavior, one's judgment of what is important in life.
#Importance
Term
Voluntary
Definition
Done,given, or acting of one's own free will.
#Consent
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