17. Convention: an assembly or meeting
18. Govern: to rule
19. Executive: the president or the head of government
20. Legislative/Legislature: the part of government that makes laws.
21. Bicameral: 2 houses
22. Unicameral:1 house
23. Judicial: the branch of judges and Supreme Court
24. Federal: Power divided between the national
and state governments.
25. Voting Power: the right to vote
26. city-state: ancient cities where people lived
27. United: to bring a group together
28. kingdom: a country ruled by a king
29. spread: stretched
30. system: a way or method
31. translate: change one language to another language
32. borrow: to take
33. scribe: a person who can read and write
34. repair: fix something that is broken
35. route: a path or street to get somewhere
36. collapse: to become weak and fall
37. Arose: to stand and become strong
38. Feared: afraid
39. Powerful: Strong
40. Improve: make better
41. Stretch: make longer and bigger
42. trade: to buy and sell
43. develop: start
44. merchant: trader
45. reign (rain): rule or govern
46. code: a group of laws
47. collect: gather
48. Expect: to wait for something to happen
49. Cultural Diffusion: when a culture spreads from one place to another
20. harbor: sea port
21. seeking: looking for
22. liberty: freedom
23. steerage: the part of a ship for passengers who pay the cheapest tickets.
24. ill: sick
25. old immigrants: people who came to America before 1880
26. new immigrants: people who came to America after 1880
27. escape: run away
28. Advertise: to announce something
29. unable: not able
30. denied: refused
31. Chinese Exclusion Act: a law signed in 1882 that did not allow Chinese Immigration to America.
32. xenophobia: fear of immigrants
33. prejudice: to have bad thoughts about someone because of their race, gender, religion or age.
34. Urbanization: the growth of cities (urban area)
35. Discrimination: treating people unfairly because of race, gender, religion or age.
36. Jim Crow Laws: laws that separated African Americans and whites in public places.
37. segregation: to separate people by race, religion, gender or age
Here goes the start of Chapter 2!
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
New Chapter with new Vocab!
1. bank: the land near a river
2. Mesopotamia: the land between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers
3. Tribe: a group of people who have similar culture and live together
4. dike: a long wall that keeps out the water
5. Canal: a man-made river used for irrigation and traveling
6. Military: army
7. temple: a place to worship
8. worship: pray
9. ziggurat: a pyramid with a temple inside of it
10. priest: a religious leader
11. citizen: a person who lives in a country legally
12. legal: lawful
13. illegal: not lawful or against the law
14. obey: to listen to what someone tells you to do
15. disobey: the opposite of obey
16. expensive: costs a lot of money
17. monotheistic: believing in only one god
18. polytheistic: believing in many gods
19. atheistic: not believing in god
20. crop: food that you grow in a farm
21. statue: a building to symbolize a person or god
22. symbol: something that stands for something else
23. sacrifice: to give a gift to a god
24. cuneiform: the written language of Sumerians
25.Invention: something that is made for the first time
New chapter and new vocab!
1. dweller: a person who lives somewhere
2. rural area: areas with villages and farms
3. urban areas: cities with bridges, skyscrapers, large population
4. increase: move up
5. decrease: move down
6. push factors: reasons that force immigrants to leave a country.
7. pull factors: reasons that attract immigrants to come to a new country.
8. seaport: a place where ships stop
9. specialize: to have one or two industries only
10. isolated: separated or alone
11. rapidly: quickly
12.Mass production: producing large amounts of things in a short amount of time
13. employee: a worker
14. employer: the boss
15. employment: jobs
16. raw materials: natural resources that still have not been turned into a product
17. salary: the amount of money a person makes
18. ship (verb): to move or transport from place to place
19. condition: the way something is
Reminder: This Friday is already the end of the 1st card marking! Report cards will be sent next week. Finish this week strong ladies and gentlemen!
Announcement:
What a busy and great Monday! It was nice being back in my classroom for an entire school day!
Just a couple reminders…this Friday will have tests on:
— U.S. History: Chapter 19 (entire chapter and vocab)
— World History: Chapter 2 (entire chapter and vocab)
— Government: Chapter 1 (sections 1,2,4,5)
Please start preparing for these now and good luck!
There will be no new Vocab terms this week. Instead, we will be reviewing all previous Chapter 1 terms to prepare for a chapter test! Remember, summative assessments are worth 80% (4/5) of your grade!
The following will be the final vocab for Ch. 2. We will be testing at the end of the week! Good luck!
59. Dynasty: a family that rules a country for a long time.
60. Ruler: a person who rules a country
61. Palace: a place where a king and his family live.
62. temple: a place to pray
63. common people: the low class in society
64. nobles: people from the high class in society
65. scribe: a person who could read or write
66. symbol: something that stands for something else
67. spirit: soul
68. narrow: thin
69. ancestors: people from your family who lived before you and died.
70. worship: pray
71. hut: a small, poor house
72. collapse: to become weak and fall
73. incline: to move up
74. decline: to move down
