Category: American Government

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1. Ties: relationships, connections
2. Nation: country
3. Formed: created
4. Individual: single
5. Committee: assembly, a group of people who have a specific job
6. National government: government of the entire country; also called Central Government, federal government
7. Approved: accepted
8. Delegates: representatives
9. Congress: an assembly of representatives
10. Treaties: agreements between countries
11. Financial: money
12. Justice: judges and a system of having trials for criminals
13. Initial: first
14. Limited: restricted; a small amount
15. Foreign: a country other than your own
16. Revise: improve or make better

Here are the final vocab terms for Chapter 1 in Government!  I would start studying now as this will be a HUGE test next week!

42. Interfere: to get involved

43. Century: 100 years

44. Decade: 10 years

45. Millennium: 1000 years

46.Legal documents: important signed papers

47. Debt: you owe someone money

48. Stamp Act: taxes on all papers, newspapers, etc.

49. Gradually: step by step

50. Minutemen: a group of armed men who fought in the Revolutionary War.

51. Loyalists: colonists who were still loyal to England and the King

52. Patriots: colonists who were opposed to England and the King

53. Support: help or aid

54. Declaration of Independence: letter written by Thomas Jefferson and sent to King George saying that America is now independent.

55. Liberty: freedom

56. Grievances: complaints

57. Deny: refuse

58. Surrender: Give up

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Yes, it’s already that time of week.  Time for more amazing and fun (ok, but really, educational) vocab words to know and study for the upcoming week!

31. pull factors: things that attract you to a country

32. push factors: things that make you leave a country

33. Pilgrims: the first English people who came to America in 1620

34. Contract: agreement

35. loyal: friendly

36. governor: ruler

37. strict: serious or not changing

38. press: newspapers, radio, news

39. trial: deciding in a court if someone is innocent or guilty

40. publish: writing information in a book or newspaper

41. criticize: to say the bad things about a person

Add these to your Vocab list in your binder.  Translate as YOU NEED TO. ترجمة كما تحتاج إلى.

11. democracy: government that is ruled by the people
12. rule: govern
13. landowner: a person who owns land
14. dictator: a ruler who rules anyway that he wants
15. revolt: rebel; go against the government
16. popular: people like you; famous
17. unpopular: people don’t like you; infamous
18. Assembly: a group of people who make laws
19. Population: number of people who live in a place.
20. Aristocrats: wealthy people
21. Representative: a person who speaks for you
22. Republic: a government with representatives
23. Wealthy: rich
24. Elect: Vote
25. Consul: a leader in the government
26. Senate: the part of government that makes laws
27. Senator: a person who makes laws
28. Permanent: Stays forever
29. Temporary: Stays for a short amount of time
30. Veto: to say no to a law

Ok, so VOCAB is HUGE in my class!  The more terms you learn, the better you will be in here and in your future!  Get ready to write, read, and practice hundreds of words this year.  Translate as you need and do not fall behind.  Google Translate is a great site!

1. Suburbs: a small city outside of a large city

2. Customs: a thing that many people do

3. Possessions: things a person owns

4. Colonist: a person who lives in a colony

5. Colony: a country that is controlled by another country

6. Rural Area: a small village with not many people

7. Urban Area: a large city with many people and buildings

8. Rebel: to go against the government

9. Government: a combination of laws that people live by

10. Consider: to carefully think about something

Here is what you need to know for our Finals next week!

Tuesday: Questions

Friday: Vocab

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27. helpless: weak

28. militia: the state army

29. enforce: to make people follow the rules

30. authority: people with power

31. indict: accuse

32. Evidence: the objects and statements used to accuse someone of a crime

33. jury: a group of people who decide if you are innocent or guilty.

34. Witness: a person who sees or hears an event

35. Bail: money that must be paid for staying out of jail but then returned to the person

36. Seize: to take something using force

37. citizen: a person who legally lives in a country

38. sue: to bring legal action against someone

39. candidate: a person who hopes to be elected