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40 Cards in this Set
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An agreement between countries
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treaty
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The movement of people
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migration
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farming
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agriculture
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The use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something.
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technology
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A loose group of governments working together
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confederation
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The practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders.
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slavery
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The action of having someone speak for another.
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representation
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Lines of longitude
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meridians
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The merdian marked 0 degrees and that runs north and south through Greenwich, england
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prime meridian
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A sudden, complete change, such as the overthrow of a government.
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revolution
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A culture that usually has cities and well-developed forms of government, religion and learning.
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civilization
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Great differences among the people.
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diversty
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A settlement ruled by another country.
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colony
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The refusal to buy certain goods
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boycott
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A small religious settlement
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mission
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An official paper in which certain rights are given by a government to a person or business.
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charter
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The lawmaking branch of a government
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legislature
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A person from one country who comes to live in another country
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immigrant
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An official statment
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declaration
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The freedom to govern on one's own
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independence
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A person sent out by a church to spread its religion
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missionary
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Lines that run east and west on a map or globe
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lines of latitude
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A crop that is grown to be sold
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cash crop
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lines of latitude
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parallels
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A product brought in from another country
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import
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A person who agrees to work for another person for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to North America
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indentured servant
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A colony owned and ruled by one person
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proprietary colony
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Lines that run north and south on a map or globe
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lines of longitude
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A conquered land of many people and places governed by one ruler
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empire
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A possible explanation
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theory
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The study or act of planning and controlling the course of a ship
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navigation
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An explorer or soldier sent by Spain to conquer and claim large areas of North and South America
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conquistador
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A journey
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expedition
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Somthing that happens as a result of an event or action
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effect
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A colony ruled directly by a monarch
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royal colony
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The judging of a person accused of a crime by a jury of fellow citizens
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trial by jury
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A plan of government
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constitution
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The contest among companies to get the most customers or sell the most goods
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competition
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An event or an action that makes something else happen
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cause
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The exact location of any place on Earth
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absolute location
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