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FOR HMS 7th Graders

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What is a compromise?   An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants in order to gain something more important  
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What is a Siege?   A military strategy in which an army surrounds a town or fort, bombards it, and waits for the enemy to surrender  
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What is a Regular Army?   A force of full-time soldiers who serve for a period of time.  
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What is a Barracks?   A building in which soldiers live.  
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What is a Courier?   A messenger sent on a urgent mission.  
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What is a Siesta?   A brief nap or rest taken after the noon meal  
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What is a Renege?   To back out of an agreement.  
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What is an Infantry?   Soldiers trained and armed to fight on foot.  
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What is a Cavalry?   Soldiers on horseback.  
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What is Reinforcements?   Extra soldiers sent to a place to make the force there stronger  
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What is a Provisional Government?   Temporary Government.  
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What is a Bayonet?   A long blade that can be attached to the end of a gun.  
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What is a Tactical Retreat?   An organized pullback of troops from an enemy in order to gain an advantage.  
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What is Atrocity?   A cruel and brutal act.  
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What is a Dictator?   A ruler who has complete power over a country  
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What is a Skirmish?   A brief fight of two small groups of soldiers.  
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What is a War Council?   A group of army leaders to plan a course of action for a battle.  
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What is Manifest Destiny?   The belief that the U.S. had the right and duty to expand to the Pacific Ocean.  
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What is Negotiate?   To reach an agreement through compromise.  
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