Cards. Flashcards

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Veto

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To reject a decision made by a governing body

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2
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Nomadic

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Living in a way that you travel from one location to another

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3
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Kivas

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Deep pits in the Anasazi

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4
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Confederation

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A number of tribes united into one larger group for governance

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5
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Plunder

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To steal goods or other valuables

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6
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Joint-Stock Venture

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A company that sold stock to rich investors who provided capital and took limited risks

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7
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Expedition

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A journey undertaken for a particular purpose

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8
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Bankrupt

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Lacking the ability to pay outstanding debts

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9
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Cash crop

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A crop grown by a farmer for the sole purpose of making money

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10
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Charter

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An official document that establishes a settlement and sets guidelines for its rule

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11
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Malnutrition

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Becoming ill due to lack of nutrition

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12
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Predestination

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The idea that everyone has a path planned for them by GOD

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13
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Salvation

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In Christianity, the idea that faith in Christ will allow you to be free from your sins

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14
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Fertile

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Farmland that’s capable of producing abundant crops

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15
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Slave codes

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Laws passed that established the rights of slave owners and reinforced the low status of slaves

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16
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Manumission

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The voluntary freeing of a slave by his master

17
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Middle passage

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The voyage slaves took from Africa to the new world

18
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Diaspora

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Dispersion of people from their original homeland

19
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Yeoman

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A man holding and farming a very small estate

20
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Enlightenment

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an intellectual revolution in England that encouraged innate goodness and progress

21
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Head right system

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Incentives provided to planters who imported their own workers

22
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Persecution

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Hostility or ill treatment due to differing religious beliefs

23
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Quakers

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A member of the Religious Society of Friends, a religion that was persecuted in England

24
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Tolerance

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The acceptance of something that one may not agree w/

25
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Peter Minuit

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Traded small items w/ local indigenous Americans in exchange for Manhattan island