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4th- Week 13
Studies Weekly Week 13 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; its source is in Minnesota and the mouth is at the Gulf of Mexico | Mississippi River |
land or raw materials that occur naturally in the environment | natural resources |
territory in the northwest United States purchased from France for approximately $15 million in 1803 | Louisiana Purchase |
a large mountain range in the eastern United States | Appalachian Mountains |
port at the mouth of the Mississippi River | Port of New Orleans |
land set aside by the U.S. government on which American Indians live | reservation |
a direct waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacifc Oceans | Northwest Passage |
a member of the Shoshone Indian tribe of northwest America; guided the expedition of Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea |
a 19th century idea that the United States was destined to expand from sea to sea | Manifest Destiny |
one who believes the federal government should never have greater power than the government of each individual state; later became the Democratic-Republican party | anti-federalist |
gathering by fur traders for purpose of trading and replenishing supplies | Westward Movement |