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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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That’s All!
Keep Sharp Minds!