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S.S. - Ch. 4 Vocab
Social Studies - Unit 2 - Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Claim | Something declared as one's own, especially a piece of land. |
Armada | The Spanish word for a large fleet of ships. |
Invasion | An attack by an armed force to conquer another country. |
Charter | A document giving permission to a person or group to do something. |
Invest | To put money into something to try to earn more money. |
Stock | A piece of ownership in a company. |
Cash Crop | A crop that people grow and sell to earn money. |
Indentured Servant | Someone who agreed to work for a number of yeara in exchange for the cost of a voyage to North America. |
Pilgrim | A person who makes a long journey for religious reasons. |
Compact | An agreement. |
Cape | A strip of land that stretches into a body of water. |
Diversity | The variety of people in a group. |
Tolerance | Respecting beliefs that are different from one's own. |
Missionary | A person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs. |
Parallel Timelines | Two or more timelines grouped together that show events happening in different places during the same period of time. |