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Wiker SS Ch 4
Chapter 4 - European Settlement
Question | Answer |
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land or a settlement ruled by another country | colony |
a person who lives in a land ruled by a distant country | colonist |
an area of land that serves as a barrier | buffer zone |
land that stretched across what is now the southern United States from Florida to California | borderlands |
a Spanish ‘fort’ | presidio |
long-lasting | permanent |
a name for a large estate in the borderlands along the border of Mexico and New Spain | hacienda |
able to provide for one’s own needs without help from others | self-sufficient |
a person sent by a church to teach its religion | missionary |
a small religious settlement | mission |
a war between two groups in the same country | civil war |
a settlement ruled directly by a monarch | royal colony |
a settlement where a king or monarch gives the land to one person for that person to rule | proprietary colony |
an owner | proprietor |
a huge farm | plantation |
a commander of English warships that attacked Spanish ships carrying treasures | sea dog |
a resource that can be used to make a products | raw material |
a fleet of war ships | armada |
a share of ownership in a company | stock |
economic success | prosperity |
a crop people raise to sell rather than use themselves | cash crop |
a branch of the government that makes laws | legislature |
a representative who is chosen by and speaks for other people | burgess |
the right to control and make decisions | authority |
a person who makes a journey for religious reasons | pilgrim |
an agreement | compact |
control of one’s own government | self-rule |
more than half the people agree for a decision to be made | majority rule |