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Gov’t 1.5 Vocab

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Government 1.5 will be going in the middle of this week! Here’s the Vocab! Read, write, speak, and describe them.

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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Gov 1.4 Vocab

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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

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Gov. 1.4 Vocab

Posted on by Scott Biggar

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

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World History 2.3 Vocab

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34. Beliefs: Something you believe in

35. Hinduism: the main religion of India

36. polytheistic: believing in many gods

37. monotheistic: believing in only 1 god

38. create: make

39. preserves: to keep of save

40. destroy: to ruin or end

41. hymn: a religious song

42. cremation: burning a dead body to ashes

43. reincarnation: to be born again into a different body

44. ruler: a person who rules a country

45. warrior: a fighter/a soldier

46. caste: a class of people from India

47. expel: to remove from a place

48. Sanskrit: the language for Hindus

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U.S. History 19.1 Vocab

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1. Natural Resources: things that are found in nature (water, gold, oil, trees)

2.petroleum: a liquid that can be turned into oil.

3. Improve: make something better

4. Entrepreneur: a person who starts a new business.

5. Opportunity: Chance

6. Bridge: a structure that connects two places.

7. Rust: when iron turns red from water.

8. Crack: break

9. Flexible: able to bend

10. Purify: Clean

11. Produce: make

12. Method: a way

13. Impure: not clean or dirty

14. Plant: a large factory

15. Laborer: Worker

16: Industry: Business

17. Immigrant: a person who moves from one country to another

18. Inexpensive: cheap or not expensive

19. suspension bridge: a bridge with wires, chains and 2 towers.

20. Skyscrapers: very tall buildings found in the city.

21. Stories: levels

22. Material: what something is made from

23. Generous: Gives out a lot of money

24. Rapidly: quickly

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2.3 World Hist. Vocab

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34. Beliefs: Something you believe in

35. Hinduism: the main religion of India

36. polytheistic: believing in many gods

37. monotheistic: believing in only 1 god

38. create: make

39. preserves: to keep of save

40. destroy: to ruin or end

41. hymn: a religious song

42. cremation: burning a dead body to ashes

43. reincarnation: to be born again into a different body

44. ruler: a person who rules a country

45. warrior: a fighter/a soldier

46. caste: a class of people from India

47. expel: to remove from a place

48. Sanskrit: the language for Hindus

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2.3 Vocab Terms

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34. Beliefs: Something you believe in

35. Hinduism: the main religion of India

36. polytheistic: believing in many gods

37. monotheistic: believing in only 1 god

38. create: make

39. preserves: to keep of save

40. destroy: to ruin or end

41. hymn: a religious song

42. cremation: burning a dead body to ashes

43. reincarnation: to be born again into a different body

44. ruler: a person who rules a country

45. warrior: a fighter/a soldier

46. caste: a class of people from India

47. expel: to remove from a place

48. Sanskrit: the language for Hindus

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1.4 Gov’t Vocab

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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