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Morning Vocab
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weathering | breaking down of rocks and minerals |
| erosion | movement of rock and sediment |
| deposition | dropping off of rock and sediment |
| fault | break in the ground where earth's plates move; where earthquakes occur |
| dam | a barrier preventing the flow of water; built across water to control flow |
| levee | embankment built to prevent overflow of a river; on the bank of rivers |
| beach reclamation | reclaiming or rebuilding the beach from erosion |
| surrender | agree to quit fighting; one side backs down |
| demand | something that purchasers or consumers really want |
| supply | amount of goods or services available for the consumer |
| Thomas Edison | invented filament wire for lightbulb to use electricity |
| The Wright Brothers | built first flying airplane and flew it in Kitty Hawk, NC |
| Alexander Graham Bell | invented the telephone for communication |
| Chisholm Trail and Great Western Cattle Trail | transportation path for cowboys to drive cattle to the railroad for shipment to the east |
| Henry Ford | invented the assembly line to manufacture cars faster |
| conductors | material that allows electricity to flow through easily |
| insulators | material that does not allow electricity to flow through |
| parallel circuit | an electric circuit with two or more paths for current |
| series circuit | an electric circuit with only one path for current |
| electromagnet | a magnet that has coils of current- carrying wire around an iron core; it can be turned on and off |
| resistance | how much a material opposes, or resists, the flow of electric current |
| electric circuit | a continuous pathway that can carry an electric current |
| electric change | a basic property of the tiny particles that make up matter (can be positive or negative) |
| mass | amount of matter an object has |
| matter | anything that has a mass and takes up space |
| States of Matter | solid, liquid, or gas |
| December 8, 1941 | United States entered WWII |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | The President of the United States during the Great Depression and World War II. |
| Benito Mussolini | The fascist leader of Italy |
| Emperor Hirohito | The leader of Japan during WWII. He was a nationalist that believed in imperialism |
| Adolf Hitler | Fascist leader of Germany's Nazi Party; controlled German life; hated Jews. |
| Imperialism | The act of taking over other countries to gain power and natural resources |
| Fascism | a type of government that controls everything. |
| Allied Powers | Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States |
| Axis Powers | German, Japan, Italy |
| Propaganda | Advertisements used to persuade people to do things |
| Pearl Harbor | A naval base in Hawaii. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. |
| The Holocaust | was the mass murder of 6 million Jews |
| Tuskegee Airmen | The first African American fighter pilots. They fought in WWII. |
| D-Day | June 6, 1944. Allied powers attacked the Nazis (Germany). The attack took place on the beaches of Normandy, France. |
| VJ-Day | victory in Japan Day |
| Joseph Stalin | The leader of the Soviet Union (Russia) during World War II. |
| Winston Churchill | The leader of Great Britain during World War II. |
| Concentration Camp | prison for Jews and other enemies of Nazi Germany. Most people were killed at these camps. |
| Harry S. Truman | U.S. President after Roosevelt. Made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan |
| Hiroshima | the first bomb (Little Boy) was dropped here |
| Nagasaki | The second atomic bomb (FAT MAN) was dropped here |
| Neutral Powers | not picking a side and staying out of the war |
| Rosie the Riveter | symbol for the working woman during World War II. Propaganda use to persuade women to help out in the war effort, and go to war. |
| cell | the smallest part of a living thing, the basic unit of function in all living things |
| organism | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
| microorganism | An organism that is too small to be seen with the naked eye. |
| Communism | political and economic system in which government owns all the businesses and land |
| Nationalism | a strong feeling of pride, dedication, loyalty, and devoation to your country |
| Spanish American War | War fought between America and Spain. America gains new territories after they won the war. |
| Panama Canal | The Panama Canal is a waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It cuts through a narrow strip of land in Panama. |
| Constructive processes | changes that add to the surface of the Earth, and some of them take millions of years to occur. |
| Destructive processes | forces that break down land. |
| Langston Hughes | he was a famous poet who highlighted how African Americans were treated differently in his poems. |
| Louis Armstrong | he was part of a musical movement known as the Jazz Age that brought people of all races together. |
| Charles Lindbergh | pilot who made the first successful transatlantic flight |
| 19th Amendment | law passed allowing women to vote. |
| 26th Amendment | law passed allowing an 18 year older to vote |
| 23rd Amendment | Law passed allowing DC residents their voting rights |
| 24th Amendment | Law passed ended poll taxes |
| 15th Amendment | A voting amendment passed specifically to establish equality and provide more democratic rights for African-Americans |
| Henry Ford | revolutionize American manufacturing by creating the conveyor belt assembly line. |
| Black Cowboys of Texas | They could work alongside white cowboys for same pay and opportunities. |
| Immigrants | People who left European countries and Asian countries coming to America for better opportunities. |
| Pittsburgh | Many Americans moved to this city in Pennsylvania to work in the steel industry. |
| Chicago | cattle stockyards became the center of the American meatpacking industry for decades in this city. |
| George Washington Carver | his research improved farming with new techniques(crop rotation) to keep the soil healthy. |
| Lusitania | this ship was torpedoed and sunk, causing U.S. to enter WWI. |
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