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5th SS TCI Ch 19

Ch 19 Vocab The Diverse Peoples of the West

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pioneer one of the first people to settle in a territory
Californio a Spanish-speaking person who had settled in California
rancho an area of land, usually for raising cattle, granted by Mexico to Spanish and Mexican citizens who lived in North America
forty-niner a gold-seeker in the California gold rush of 1849
claim a piece of land worked by a miner seeking valuable minerals
immigrant a person who comes from his or her homeland to settle in another country
transcontinental extending across a continent
Mormon a person who is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
missionary a representative sent by a religious organization to try to persuade other people to adopt that religion
yoke a wooden frame that fastens around an animal's neck and is then attached to a wagon or other vehicle
Nez Percé an American Indian group that lived in areas of present-day states including northeastern Oregon, central Idaho, and southeastern Washington
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