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Ch. 7 Unit 4
Vocab Piner MS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alliance | An agreement among countries to work together. |
| Filibuster | An individual who carries out unauthorized warfare against a foreign country. |
| Transform | To change. |
| Neutral | Referring to an area that does not belong to any country. |
| Exclude | To block someone from being able to use or take part in something. |
| Liberation | To be set free. Freedom. |
| Republic | A government in which the people elect representatives to make governmental decisions. |
| Displace | To remove or drive out. |
| Tributes | Payment to a conquering power. |
| Tyranny | Cruel use of power. |
| Patria | Fatherland; the native land of a person's ancestors. |
| Imperative | Absolutely necessary. |
| Tone | Expresses the attitude of the speaker. The way a person speaks. |
| Lariat | A long. tight rope with a noose on the end used for catching cattle. |
| Vaquero | A Spanish term for cowboy. |
| Guarantee | An assurance or a promise. |
| Successor | A person who follows another. |
| Grito | Spanish word for rebellion. |
| Visitador | An inspector in Spanish. |
| "Cry of Dolores" | Father Miguel Hidalgo's call for rebellion speech. |
| Creoles | People of Spanish decent who were born in Mexico. |