"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 1

This list focuses on exploration and the colonial era (Unit 1, Chapter 1).

Here are links to all the chapters in Unit 1, American Beginnings to 1877: Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4

Here are links to all the units of the California edition of the textbook published by McDougal Littell: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7
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  1. nomadic
    relating to persons or groups who travel in search of food or work
  2. pueblo
    a Native American village in the southwestern United States
  3. reformation
    improvement in the condition of institutions or practices
  4. Renaissance
    period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages
  5. medieval
    relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages
  6. conquistador
    a 16th-century Spanish conqueror of Peru and Mexico
  7. joint
    affecting or involving two or more
  8. stock
    capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares
  9. indenture
    bind by a contract for work, as an apprentice or servant
  10. servant
    a person working in the service of another
  11. puritan
    someone who adheres to strict religious principles
  12. mercantilism
    a system of increasing wealth through colonization and trade
  13. navigation
    ship traffic
  14. bureaucracy
    a government administered primarily by nonelective officials
  15. colony
    a geographical area controlled by a distant country
  16. repression
    a state of forcible subjugation
  17. charter
    a document creating an institution and specifying its rights
  18. trade
    the commercial exchange of goods and services
  19. passage
    a journey usually by ship
  20. enlightenment
    education that results in the spread of knowledge
  21. awakening
    the act of waking
  22. tallow
    a hard substance used for making soap and candles
  23. revival
    an evangelistic meeting to reawaken interest in religion
  24. territorial
    of or relating to a geographical area
  25. claim
    an assertion of a right, as to money or property
Created on Wed Nov 16 11:38:28 EST 2016 (updated Wed Nov 16 16:30:29 EST 2016)

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