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r.k.s.m.s history/social studies vocabualary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the possession and settling of an area shared by two or more country's. | joint occupation |
| a frontiers men living in the wilderness, as in the Rocky Mountains. | mountain man |
| a meeting | rendezvous |
| a person who leaves the country or regain to live else wear | emigrant |
| the idea popular in the united states during the 1800s that the country must expand its binderies to the pacific | Manifest Destiny |
| a ma Mexican who claims Texas as his home | tejano |
| a person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas during the 1800s. | emprasario |
| an order or decision given by one in authority | decree |
| to add a territory to ones own territory | annex |
| huge properties for raising livestock set up by Mexicans in California | rancho |
| Mexican ranch owner | ranchero |
| Mexican's who lives in California | Californios |
| to give up by treaty | cede |
| people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849 | forty-niners |
| a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population | boomtown |
| people who take the law into their own hands | vigilante |