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GSE Unit 10 Vocabula
GSE Unit 10 Vocabulary Quiz #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aborigines | term for the indigenous peoples of the Australian continent; Torres Strait Islanders are another aboriginal distinction |
| Cook, James | English captain who claimed Australia for the British Empire in 1770 |
| nomadic | traveling from place to place in search of food, water, etc. |
| small pox | virulent disease, transmitted via European migration, which decimated the Aboriginal populations of Australia and the Americas |
| parliament | common name given to the legislature in a parliamentary democracy |
| parliamentary democracy | form of representative government in which citizens elect legislators and entrust these legislators to select the nation’s chief executive |
| prime minister | title often given to the head of government in a parliamentary democracy |
| province/territory | political divisions like states |
| literate | able to read and write in one’s native language |
| literacy rate | the percent of a nation’s population over the age of 15 who are able to read and write |