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Social Studies Vocab
Unit 3 Vocabulary Part 2
Term | Definition |
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Century | 100 years |
Decade | 10 years |
Wealth | A great quantity of money |
Exploration | The investigation of unknown regions |
Ally | Friend |
Alliances | A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes |
Migration | The process of going from one country, region, or place to another |
Gain | To get, especially as a result of ones efforts |
Frontier | The undiscovered lands of North America, the part of a country that borders another country |
Ceded | Given control of |
Creole | Spoke French, born in Louisiana- mix of French, Spanish, Native American, or African/Carribean decent-white, black, or light skinned |
Acadians | People that moved from France and settled in Nova Scotia; fisherman and farmers; people known as Cajuns |