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Missions Test
Flash Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| belief | something held as true or real |
| expedition | a journey made for a special purpose |
| trade | to exchange goods and services |
| dam | a wall built to hold back water |
| legend | an old well known story |
| government | countrys laws and leaders |
| hunter-gatherer | a person who gets food by hunting animals and gathering plants |
| irrigation | the use of pipes or ditches to bring water to where it is needed |
| fort | a building used by soldiers to defend an important place |
| boundary | a line or natural feature that separates one area, state, or country from another |
| presidio | a spanish word for fort |
| tax | money the government collects to pay for its services |
| territory | a geographic area that relies on an outside government bu usually has some independence |
| mission | a settlement set up by a religious group to teach their religion and other ways of life to native people |
| cultivate | to prepare and use land to grow crops |
| religion | a system of faith and worship |
| explore | to travel to places in order to learn more about them |
| tradition | a special way that a group does something which is part of their way of life |
| occupy | to take control of a place |
| catholicism | the religion of the Catholic Church |
| economy | the system of producing and consuming goods in a country state or local area |
| colony | a settlement of people who come from one country to live in another land |
| missionary | a person who teaches his or her religion to others who have different beliefs |
| current | the pattern of the flow of water |
| custom | a way a group of people does something |
| pueblo | a spanish word for village |
| land grant | land given by a government |
| rancho | a large area of land where crops are grown and horses, cattle, sheet and pigs are raised |