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Final Exam Review Practice

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show People who were against slavery  
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Adapt   show
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show A house made of sundried brick generally found in the desert (Anasazi)  
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Altitude   show
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show To fix, make corrections to, or add to a legal document  
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show A Native America desert tribe that lived on the sides of cliffs in adobe pueblos  
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show People who want to limit the power of the federal government and give more power to the states  
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show This is the study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analyzing their artifacts, inscriptions, monuments, other remains  
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Article of Confederation   show
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show A Meso American Native American tribe that used chinampas (floating gardens) to adapt to their tropical climate  
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show A change in sea level due to glaciers created a land bridge allowing humans to migrate to North America  
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show A list of rights guaranteed to all citizens of the United States that protects them for the government  
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show To not buy a good or service as a form of protest  
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Cash Crops   show
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Checks & Balances   show
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Corps of Discovery   show
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Cheyenne   show
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show A 1861-1865 war between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy) over slavery  
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Climate   show
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show People who settle in a distant land, but are still ruled by the government of their native land  
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Columbian Exchange   show
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Confederate States of America   show
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show Spanish explorers who conquer and claim new lands in America for their mother country  
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show A group of people’s way of life or A way of life shared by members of a society  
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show A climate known for a lack of precipitation and vegetation with high temperatures.  
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show The inventor of the cotton gin and mass production during the Industrial Revolution  
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show In the 1820s, New York City was connected to the Great Lakes region by a man made water route in New York that allowed Steamboats to transport goods  
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show The part of the government that enforces the laws. (President, Governor, Mayor)  
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show To send goods to markets outside of a country  
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Federalism   show
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show 1753-1763 War between the French & British in North America over land. Britain won Canada in the Treaty of Paris 1763  
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show A law made it illegal to help escaped slaves & allowed slave catchers to go into the North to bring slaves back to their masters  
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show The study of people, their environment, and their resources.  
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show Snow and Ice built up over thousands of years  
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show A style of warfare with hit and run attacks used during the Revolutionary War  
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show The lower house of Congress based on population (Today there are 435 members)  
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Humid Continental   show
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show A climate known for lots of precipitation and vegetation with high temperatures. Good for growing Cash Crops such as cotton & tobacco. (South’s climate)  
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Import   show
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Inca   show
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show A Native American tribe found in the Arctic climate that alternates living in a pithouse and igloo. Mainly hunting marine mammals due to a lack of vegetation.  
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Irrigation   show
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Iroquois   show
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Judicial Branch   show
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Judicial Review   show
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show A form of measurement that uses an imaginary lines that are equal distance north or south of the equator (equator, tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn, arctic circle)  
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Legislative Branch   show
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Longhouse   show
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Longitude   show
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Louisiana Purchase   show
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Loyalists   show
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show A belief that it is “God’s Will” that the United States expand its territory west (from coast to coast)  
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show A Meso American tribe in Mexico that lived in a tropical climate. In order to farm on an island in a lake they used chinampas or floating gardens.  
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Mercantilism   show
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show A trade route that brought slaves from Africa to America. Part of Triangle Trade  
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show Members of the colonial militia during the Revolutionary War who were ready at a moment’s notice to fight  
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Natural Resources   show
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Natural Rights   show
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show A period of time when people got food by hunting for meat and gathering nuts & berries  
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show A law that created a government, and made slavery illegal in the western territories. Created a way for territories to become states  
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show A period of time when people got food by hunting for meat and gathering nuts & berries  
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show People during the American Revolution who wanted to become an independent nation separate from Britain  
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show A first person resource from history (newspaper or diary of a person who lived at the time of event)  
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show A device made of yarn that uses knots to represent an amount of something (used by the Inca)  
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show The ability to practice your religion without fear of persecution  
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Religious Tolerance   show
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show A 1776-1783 war between the British and American colonists  
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show The turning point of the Revolutionary War when the Americans started winning the war against the British  
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show A feeling of loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole (North, Midwest, South)  
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Senate   show
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show The division of the governments powers between the three branches so that no one branch gets too powerful  
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show The forcing of a human being to do labor without pay. (Treated as property/ generational)  
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show To illegally bring goods into a country (colonists smuggled tea into America to avoid paying a tax)  
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show A law passed by the British to tax the American colonists in order to repay war debt from the French & Indian War (Americans: “No taxation without representation”)  
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Steppe   show
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Surplus   show
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Terrace   show
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Total War   show
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show A colonial trade route between the Americas, Africa, and England to exchange goods with the Mother Country.  
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Tropical Climate   show
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Arctic Tundra Climate   show
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show A network of people who helped fugitive slaves escape north  
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Union   show
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show When people move from farms to cities to work in factories  
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show The last battle of the Revolutionary War which convinced the British to surrender  
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49er's   show
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