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General Social Studies Vocabulary North-Most Missed Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CEDE | give over |
| SETTLEMENT | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies |
| EMIGRATION | when an individual leaves a country to move to another |
| ABOLITION | doing away with a system or practice or institution |
| CONSTITUTION | law determining the fundamental principles of a government |
| REPUBLIC | a political system in which power lies in a body of citizens |
| CONFEDERATION | the act of forming an alliance |
| SECEDE | to formally withdraw from a country or union |
| HEIRARCHY | a series of ordered groupings within a system |
| ECONOMIC | relating to money |
| EXPANSION | to move and grow bigger |
| IMMIGRATION | when an individual enters a country |
| CIVIL WAR | war between factions in the same country |
| DEMOCRACY | the doctrine that the majority of a group can make decisions |
| DISSENT | be of different opinions |
| REVOLUTION | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed |
| RATIFICATION | making something valid by formally confirming it |
| MERCANTILISM | a system of increasing wealth through colonization and trade |
| AMENDMENT | a statement that is added to a proposal or document |
| INFLATION | a general and progressive increase in prices |
| CURRENCY | money |
| TARIFF | a government tax on imports or exports |
| DIVERSITY | be of different opinions |
| PURITAN | someone who adheres to strict religious principles |
| PILGRIM | someone who journeys in foreign lands |
| DUTY | a government tax on imports or exports |
| TEMPERENCE | to limit or eliminate drinking alchohol |
| EGALITARIAN | a person who believes in the equality of all people |
| NULLIFICATION | to get rid of |
| EMANCIPATION | to free |
| SUFFRAGE | Suffrage is the right to vote in public elections. Universal suffrage means everyone gets to vote, as opposed to only men or property holders. Suffrage has nothing to do with "suffering" — unless, of course, the wrong person is elected |
| DOMESTIC | produced in a particular country |
| THEOCRACY | a government that is run by a church or religion |
| ORDINANCE | a statute enacted by a city government |
| UTOPIAN | and ideal society |
| PLANTATION | an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale |
| SEDITION | questioning or saying something bad about the governement |
| MONARCHY | autocracy governed by a ruler who usually inherits authority |
| COLONY | a body of people who settle far from home |
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