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Academic VocabularySocial Studies

T. Sams

Piedmont Elementary 2008

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What was the war that started in 1776 to create a

new nation, the United States of America, ending

British control.

American Revolution

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Egypt, Greece, Maya, Mesopotamia, Rome, and

Vikings are sometimes referred to as________.

Ancient civilizations

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What was the first governing document of the United States

of America which united the Thirteen Colonies?

Articles of Confederation

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_______is the term used to describe the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Bill of Rights

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What word is used to refer to the original 13 colonies forming the

U.S.?

colonial

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This document gives the fundamental principles

upon which the American

republic is conducted.

Constitution of the U.S.

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The President, who also serves as Commander in Chief of the Armed

Forces, is the head of this branch of government. He appoints the Cabinet

and oversees the various agencies and departments of the federal

government.

Executive Branch

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This form of government insists on the right and the

capacity of a people to control their institutions for their own

purposes.

democracy

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What do you call a person who travels in search of

new geographical or scientific information?

explorer

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This branch of government makes sure laws are understood

correctly. It consists of the Supreme Court and the lower

federal courts.

Judicial Branch

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This branch of government consists of the Congress, which is

divided into two chambers -- the Senate and the House of

Representatives. This part makes

laws. Legislative Branch

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Each member of __________ is elected by the people of his or her state. Each senator with two members from each

state, has 100 seats , and are elected

for six-year terms. Congress

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The______________, with membership based on state populations, has 435 seats, and are elected for two-year

terms.

House of Representatives

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This was the land between the Mississippi river and the Rocky Mountains bought from France in 1803 at the cost of about 3

cents per acre.

Louisiana Purchase

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The ______________was the first governing document of Plymouth

Colony. It was drafted by the pilgrims who crossed the Atlantic

aboard the Mayflower.

Mayflower Compact

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A _________religious settlement where

missionaries live and work.

mission

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Indigenous peoples within the territory that is now continental

United States. (e.g., Cherokee,

Creek, Chickasaw)

Native American groups

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The _________is the beginning part of the

Constitution.

preamble

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This is a person that wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of

England. They came to American for religious

freedom.

Puritan

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The Religious Society of Friends that began in England in the 17th

century

Quaker

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____________is a personal set of beliefs about God or Gods.

religion

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An American pioneer and long hunter who opened

the Cumberland Gap and was first to cross the

Appalachians was________.

Daniel Boone

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First governor of Tennessee and a famous

Indian fighter.

John Sevier

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The __________was passed by Parliament, putting a

stamp tax on all newspapers, pamphlets, and many kinds of legal

documents.

STAMP ACT (taxes of (Revolutionary War)

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This the was a tax brought in a bill on tea, glass, wine, oil, paper,

lead, and painters' colors.

Townshend Act (taxes of Revolutionary War)

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The state of a person who is held against their will and made to carry out

orders another is _____________________.

slavery

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The _________was the route taken by the

Cherokee on their forced journey to Indian

Territory.

Trail of Tears

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The theory that attempts to describe, explain, and predict

changes in the price and quantity of goods sold in

competitive markets. Supply and

demand

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The Gold Rush, The Homestead Act, Lewis and Clark, the Louisiana

Purchase, Native Americans, The Northwest Ordinance, the Oregon Trail, Orphan Trains, the Pony Express, the

Transcontinental Railroad, and the Wild West are referred to as ____________.

Westward expansion

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