Chapter 6 Flashcards
(23 cards)
Oral history
Stories of the past spoken by older family members.
Language
A set of words used to communicate.
Shelter
A home or other building that protects people from the weather.
Explorer
A person who goes to find out about a place.
Religion
Belief system
Claim
To say something belongs to you.
Settlement
A new community.
Settler
One of the first people to live in a new community.
Conflict
A disagreement.
Slavery
A system under which people have no choices.
Freedom
The right to make your own choices
Colony
A settlement ruled by a country that is far away.
Tax
Money that people pay to the government.
Revolution
People fight for a change in government.
Independence
Freedom from another country’s control.
Constitution
A set of laws that tell how a government will work.
Patriotism
A feeling of pride in one’s country.
President
Leader for a country,
Pioneer
People who settle lands, including men, women and children.
Civil war
People of one country fight each other.
Territory
Land that belongs to a government but is not a state or a colony.
Amendment
A change to something that is already written.
Immigrant
People who come to live in a country from somewhere else.
