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Soc Studies Ch 12
questions and vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Joint occupation | the possesion and settling of an area shared by two or more countries |
| mountain man | a frontiersman living in the wilderness,as in the Rocky Mountains |
| rendezvous | a meeting |
| empresario | a person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas during the 1800's |
| Manifest Destiny | the idea popular in the U.S. during the 1800's |
| Tejano | A mexican who claims Texas as his home |
| emigrant | a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere |
| decree | an order or decision given by one in authority |
| annex | to add a territory to ones own territory |