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Missouri Unit - Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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a place that shares similar features, such as landforms and climate

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natural region

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mud in a river

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silt

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a climate that is neither very hot nor very cold

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temperate

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things created by humans, such as roads, that change the land

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human characteristics

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a structure that stops water from flowing

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dam

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a lake made by people to collect and store water

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reservoir

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to change

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amend

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a part of government

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branch

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a plan for a new law

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bill

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a written plan for how to spend a state’s money

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budget

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a section of a state

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county

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12
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having to do with a city

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municipal

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13
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the business of serving visitors

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tourism

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14
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the depending on one another for resources and products

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interdependence

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a person who buys a product or service

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consumer

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when a person gives money to another person or business in order to get more money back than what he or she put in

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investment

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a share of ownership in a business

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stock

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what happens because of an action

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consequence

19
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an early relative

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ancestor

20
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no longer in existence, which is what a living thing becomes when all of its kind have died out

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extinct

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something that is long-lasting

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permanent

22
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a scientist who studies objects that early people left behind

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archaeologist

23
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a person who teaches a religion to others

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missionary

24
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freedom

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independence

25
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able to do everything for oneself, with no help from other people

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self-sufficient

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an area that is part of a country, but is not a state

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territory

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a state that did not allow slavery before the Civil War

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free state

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a state that allowed slavery before the Civil War

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slave state

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a person who wanted to abolish, or end, slavery

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abolitionist

30
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a system of secret escape routes that led enslaved people to free land

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Underground Railroad

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a state that allowed slavery but did not secede during the Civil War

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border state

32
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a person who is not in the military

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civilian

33
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the rights of citizens to equal treatment

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civil rights

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