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AP World History: Module 9 PK Flashcards
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| 11591399314 | Horse Collar | Harnessing method that increased the efficiency of horses by shifting the point of traction from the animal's neck to the shoulders; its adoption favors the spread of horse-drawn plows and vehicles | 0 | |
| 11591399315 | Bubonic Plague | A bacterial disease of fleas that can be transmitted by flea bites to rodents and humans; humans in late stages of the illness can spread the bacteria by coughing; has a high mortality rate and it is difficult to prevent its spread | 1 | |
| 11591399316 | Tropics | Equatorial region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn; characterized by hot or warm temperatures year-round | 2 | |
| 11591399317 | Monsoons | Seasonal winds in the Indian Ocean caused by differences in temperature | 3 | |
| 11591399318 | Dhows | Characteristic cargo and passenger ships of the Arabic Sea | 4 | |
| 11591399319 | Grand Canal | Series of manmade waterways that connected the major rivers and made it possible for China to increase the amount and variety of internal trade; about 1240 miles long | 5 | |
| 11591399320 | Moldboard | A plow that allowed deeper turning of the soil | 6 | |
| 11591399321 | Agricultural Revolution | Adapted techniques and inventions that greatly increased crop production; perfected the three-field system; new inventions were watermills, horses, horse harnesses | 7 | |
| 11591399322 | Bantu Migrations | Originated in what is now Nigeria and Cameroon; spread south and by 1000CE they occupied most of Africa south of the equator | 8 | |
| 11591399323 | Ka'ba | A cubical shrine with idols inside; typically found in Islam | 9 | |
| 11591399324 | Muhammad | Arab prophet; founder of the religion of Islam | 10 | |
| 11591399325 | Allah | God in Arabic | 11 | |
| 11591399326 | Muslim | An adherent of the Islamic religion; a person who "submits" to the will of God | 12 | |
| 11591399327 | Islam | Religion expounded by the Prophet Muhammad on the basis of his reception of divine revelations, which were collected after his death into the Quran; calls on all people to recognize one creator god (Allah) who rewards or punishes believers after death according to how they led their lives | 13 | |
| 11591399328 | Umma | The community of all Muslims; where traditionally kinship rather than faith had determined membership in a community | 14 | |
| 11591399329 | Five Pillars | 1) avowal that there is only one god and Muhammad is his messenger 2) prayer five times a day 3) fasting during the lunar month of Ramadan 4) paying alms 5) making the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once during one's lifetime | 15 | |
| 11591399330 | Quran | Book composed of divine revelations made to the Prophet Muhammad between around 610 and his death in 632; the sacred text of the religion of Islam | 16 | |
| 11591399331 | Shi'ites | Muslims belonging to the branch of Islam believing that God vests leadership of the community in a descendant of Muhammad's son-in-law Ali; state religion of Iran | 17 | |
| 11591399332 | Sunnis | Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership; majority religion in most Islamic countries | 18 | |
| 11591399333 | Papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head | 19 | |
| 11591399334 | Investiture Controversy | Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands | 20 | |
| 11591399335 | Monasticism | Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty; prominent element of medieval Christianity and Buddhism; monasteries were primary centers of learning and literacy in medieval Europe | 21 | |
| 11591399336 | Benedict of Nursia | Responsible for introducing this originally Egyptian practice of monasticism that was practiced in the Latin west | 22 | |
| 11591399337 | Regular vs. Secular Clergy | Priests who lived by monastic rules vs. priests who lived in society instead of in seclusion and did not follow a formal code of regulations | 23 | |
| 11591399338 | Pilgrimages | Journey to a sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their piety, fulfill vows, or gain absolution for sins; other religions have these traditions as well | 24 | |
| 11591399339 | Marco Polo | Venetian merchant who wrote travel literature | 25 | |
| 11591399340 | Ibn Battuta | A young Muslim scholar from Moroccos who had set out to explore the Islamic world | 26 | |
| 11591399341 | Treasure Ships | Large Chinese junks about 300 feet long by 150 feet wide for sea battles | 27 | |
| 11591399342 | Zheng He | An imperial eunuch and Muslim, entrusted by the Ming emperor Yongle with a series of state voyages that took his gigantic ships through the Indian Ocean, from Southeast Asia to Africa | 28 | |
| 11591399343 | Hijrah | Muhammad's famous flight to the city of Yathrib because he was forced to leave Mecca for fear of his life | 29 | |
| 11591399344 | Mosque | Islamic holy houses | 30 | |
| 11591399345 | Muezzin | Calls people to prayer | 31 | |
| 11591399346 | Minaret | A tower where a muezzin calls people to prayer | 32 | |
| 11591399347 | Alms | Special religious tax that goes to the poor | 33 | |
| 11591399348 | Ramadan | Islamic holy month; Muslims fast from sunup to sundown | 34 | |
| 11591399349 | Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place once a year | 35 | |
| 11591399350 | Sunna | Model for proper living | 36 | |
| 11591399351 | Shari'a Law | Regulates family life, moral conduct, and business and community life of Muslims | 37 | |
| 11591399352 | Seal of the Prophets | Name recognizing Muhammad as the last and greatest prophet. | 38 | |
| 11591399353 | People of the Book | Christians and Jews | 39 | |
| 11591399354 | Ali | Muhammad's son-in-law that triggered a civil war | 40 | |
| 11591399355 | Sufi | Devotion to a spiritual movement | 41 | |
| 11591399356 | Ascetics | People who practiced self-denial to achieve an understanding of ultimate reality; emphasis on meditation and chanting | 42 | |
| 11591399357 | Ulama | People with religious knowledge | 43 | |
| 11591399358 | Qadis | Judges | 44 | |
| 11591399359 | Dar al-Islam | Islamic lands | 45 | |
| 11591399360 | Arabic Numerals | Hindi numerals that Islamic states adapted from the people they conquered | 46 | |
| 11591399361 | Nasir al-Din | Islamic scholar who studied and improved upon the cosmological model of Ptolemy | 47 | |
| 11591399362 | Mahayana Buddhism | A major branch of the religion that allowed a great deal of variance from Buddha's original teachings | 48 | |
| 11591399363 | Xuanzang | Chinese-Buddhist monk who traveled to India to learn Indian Buddhism | 49 | |
| 11591399364 | Dark Ages | Many aspects of the Roman civilization were lost, such as written language, advanced architectural and building techniques, complex government, and access to long-distance trade | 50 | |
| 11591399365 | Caesaropapism | Emperor ruled as absolute ruler of state and church in Roman Empire | 51 | |
| 11591399366 | Franciscans | Order of ministers known for their vows of poverty and ability to relate to peasants | 52 | |
| 11591399367 | Dominicans | A more scholarly order who ministered more to educational needs | 53 | |
| 11591399368 | Monks | People who devoted their lives to study, worship, and hard work | 54 | |
| 11591399369 | Monastery | Served as refuge for those in trouble, communication to the central church hierarchy, and were centers of scholarship, education, and libraries | 55 | |
| 11591399370 | Africanity | A set of cultural characteristics that are commonly shared on the continent | 56 | |
| 11591399371 | Scarification | Permanent beauty etchings on the skin | 57 | |
| 11591399372 | Mecca | City in western Arabia; birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad and ritual center of the Islamic religion | 58 | |
| 11591399373 | Medina | City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca | 59 | |
| 11591399374 | Khalifa/Caliph | Successor | 60 | |
| 11591399375 | Abu Bakr | One of earliest believers and father of Muhammad's favorite wife A'isha | 61 | |
| 11591399376 | Caliphate | Office established in succession to the Prophet Muhammad, to rule the Islamic empire; also the name of that empire | 62 | |
| 11591399377 | Umayyad Caliphate | First hereditary dynasty of Muslim caliphs; capital at Damascus, they ruled an empire that extended from Spain to India; overthrown by the Abbasid Caliphate | 63 | |
| 11591399378 | Carolingian | Frankish ruling family who established themselves as kings under Charlemagne's father Pepin, and then under Charlemagne, as emperors | 64 | |
| 11591399379 | Charlemagne | King of Franks in the Carolingian family; at his peak the Carolingian Empire encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy | 65 | |
| 11591399380 | Varangians | Swedes who pursued raiding and trading interests | 66 | |
| 11591399381 | William the Conqueror | Duke of Normandy who invaded England in 1066 and brought Anglo-Saxon domination of the island to an end | 67 | |
| 11591399382 | Feudalism | System where land was awarded for military service | 68 | |
| 11591399383 | Fief | In medieval Europe, land granted in return for a sworn oath to provide specified military service | 69 | |
| 11591399384 | Vassal | In medieval Europe, a sworn supporter of a king of lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king of lord | 70 | |
| 11591399385 | Holy Roman Empire | Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes; lasted from 962-1806 | 71 | |
| 11591399386 | Crusades | Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule; brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation | 72 | |
| 11591399387 | Battle of Manzikert | Seljuk army vs. Byzantine emperor; resulted in Turkish nomads spreading throughout the region and the deterioration of security along the pilgrimage route | 73 | |
| 11591399388 | Pope Urban II | Began the Crusades when he called on Christians to stop fighting each other and go to the Holy Land to fight Muslims | 74 | |
| 11591399389 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | One of the most influential women of the crusading era; accompanied her husband on the Second Crusade | 75 | |
| 11591399390 | Richard the Lionhearted | One of Eleanor's sons who famed in romance as the | 76 | |
| 11591399391 | Temujin | Became the supreme leader of the Mongols in 1206; also known as Chinggis Khan | 77 | |
| 11591399392 | Mongols | A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia; after 1206 they established a large empire under Chinggis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia | 78 | |
| 11591399393 | Chinggis Khan | The title of Temujin when he ruled the Mongols, it means the "oceanic" or "universal leader"; founder of the Mongol Empire | 79 | |
| 11591399394 | Ogodei | Chinggis's son; became the Great Khan in 1227 after his father's death; completed the destruction of the Tanggut and the Jin and put their territories under Mongol governors; controlled most of northern China | 80 | |
| 11591399395 | Batu | Chinggis's grandson who attacked Russian territories, took control of the towns along the Volga River, and conquered Kievan Russia, Moscow, Poland, and Hungary in a five-year campaign | 81 | |
| 11591399396 | Karakorum | Capital where Ogodei tried to rule a united empire | 82 | |
| 11591399397 | Chagatai | Chinggis's son whose descendants dominated Central Asia | 83 | |
| 11591399398 | Khublai Khan | Declared himself the Great Khan in 1260, and transferred his court to the old Jin capital; declared himself founder of the Yuan Empire in 1271 | 84 | |
| 11591399399 | Yuan Empire | Empire created in China and Siberia by Khubilai Khan | 85 | |
| 11591399400 | Hulegu | Great Khan; founded the regional khanate (Il-khan Empire of Iran) and ruled from 1256-1265 | 86 | |
| 11591399401 | Battle of Ain Jalut | Mongols vs. Turkic-speaking Mamluks; Mongols met their match as Mamaluks' techniques matched their own | 87 | |
| 11591399402 | Rashid al-Din | Adviser to the Il-khan ruler Ghazan, who converted to Islam on Rashid's advice | 88 | |
| 11591399403 | Nasir al-Din Tusi | Persian mathematician and cosmologist whose academy near Tabriz provided the model for the movement of the planets that helped to inspire the Copernican model of the solar system | 89 | |
| 11591399404 | Delhi Sultanate | Centralized Indian empire of varying extent, created by Muslim invaders | 90 | |
| 11591399405 | Mansa Musa | Ruler of the West African empire of Mali; took his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324 | 91 | |
| 11591399406 | Arawak | Amerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean at the time of Columbus | 92 | |
| 11591399407 | Feudalism | A political and economic system less developed than those of centralized empires, but more powerful than a purely local government; accompanied by a set of political values that emphasized mutual ties, obligations, and loyalties | 93 | |
| 11591399408 | Shogun | A military leader who ruled in place of the emperor | 94 | |
| 11591399409 | Daimyos | Japanese elites | 95 | |
| 11591399410 | Samurai | Professional warriors who swore loyalty to daimyos | 96 | |
| 11591399411 | Bushido | Warrior's code that samurai lived by | 97 | |
| 11591399412 | Seppuku | Suicide by disembowelment if the samurais failed their masters | 98 | |
| 11591399413 | Minamoto Clan | Seized power in late 11th century and installed their leader as the shogun | 99 | |
| 11591399414 | Vikings | From Scandinavia; invaded many areas of Europe in the 8th and 9th centuries | 100 | |
| 11591399415 | Magyars | Invaders from the east in the late 9th century | 101 | |
| 11591399416 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern empire that remained intact because it withstood fewer attacks; survived for almost a Millenium after the western empire collapsed | 102 | |
| 11591399417 | Franks | Germanic group that promoted the power of the church; controlled much of what is now France by the 5th century CE | 103 | |
| 11591399418 | Manor | In medieval Europe, a large, self-sufficient landholding consisting of the lord's residence, outbuildings, peasant village, and surrounding land | 104 | |
| 11591399419 | Nomadism | A way of life, forced by scarcity of resources, in which groups of people continually migrate to find pastures and water | 105 | |
| 11591399420 | Garum | Strong-smelling sauce that became a cooking staple in ancient Rome and an important export item; made by crushing up fish in a small amount of brine | 106 | |
| 11591399421 | Swahili Coast | East African shores of the Indian Ocean between the Horn of Africa and the Zambezi River; from the Arabic sawahil, meaning "shores" | 107 | |
| 11591399422 | Great Zimbabwe | City, now in ruins, whose main stone structures were built between 1250 and 1450 when it was a trading center and the capital of a larger state | 108 | |
| 11591399423 | Aden | Port city in the modern south Arabian country of Yemen; a major trading center in the Indian Ocean since ancient times | 109 | |
| 11591399424 | Gujarat | Attracted new trade after the Mongol destruction of Baghdad and prospered from increased commercial interaction with Delhi's ruling class | 110 | |
| 11591399425 | Calicut | Coastal city that prospered from locally woven cotton textiles and locally grown grains and spices; imitated Gujarat's success | 111 | |
| 11591399426 | Malacca | Port city in the modern Southeast Asian country of Malaysia, founded about 1400 as a trading center on the Strait of Malacca | 112 | |
| 11591399427 | Entrepot | Places where goods are stored or deposited and from which they are distributed | 113 | |
| 11591399428 | Flying Money | Letters of credit that allowed merchants to deposit money in one location and have it available in another | 114 | |
| 11591399429 | Tax Farming | A practice that gave middlemen the responsibility of collecting taxes | 115 | |
| 11591399430 | Commercial Revolution | Western European towns used financial innovations (banks, bills of exchange) once they connected to long-distance trade routes | 116 | |
| 11591399431 | Guild | Trade associations made up of craftsmen for their particular craft; set standard for goods, regulated labor, and supervised apprentices as they learned the trade | 117 | |
| 11591399432 | Hanseatic League | commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and their market towns | 118 | |
| 11591399433 | Caravanserai | A roadside inn where travelers could rest and recover from the day's journey | 119 | |
| 11591399434 | Jizya | Poll tax that non-Muslims had to pay when living within a Muslim empire | 120 | |
| 11591399435 | Serfs | In medieval Europe, an agricultural laborer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to perform set services for the lord | 121 |
Evolution Flashcards
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| 13664278501 | overproduction | each species produces more offspring than will survive to maturity. |  | 0 |
| 13664278502 | camouflage | A structural adaptation that enables an organism to blend in with its environment |  | 1 |
| 13664278503 | survival of the fittest | Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection |  | 2 |
| 13664278504 | competition | Interaction among organisms that vie for the same resource in an ecosystem |  | 3 |
| 13664278505 | variation | Differences in traits among individual organisms within a population |  | 4 |
| 13664278506 | natural selection | Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest | 5 | |
| 13664278507 | adaptation | A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment |  | 6 |
| 13664278508 | mimicry | Gaining protection by looking and acting like a different species |  | 7 |
| 13664278509 | vestigial organ | an organ that is not functional in an organism, but was functional at some period in its evolution | 8 | |
| 13664278510 | favorable traits | Offspring with favorable traits survive and reproduce, passing on their traits to another generation | 9 | |
| 13664278511 | evolution | Change over time |  | 10 |
| 13664278512 | Lamarck | French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829) |  | 11 |
| 13664278513 | Darwin | A biologist who developed theory of evolution of species (1859). He argued that all living species evolved into their present form through the ability to adapt in a struggle for survival. | 12 | |
| 13664278514 | Galapagos Islands | Chain of islands near South America where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection by studying the unique life there. |  | 13 |
| 13664278515 | finches | Observed by Darwin. Very similar, but differences can be seen in the size and shape of the bill and/or beak. |  | 14 |
| 13664278516 | mutation | (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure | 15 | |
| 13664278517 | use and disuse | Theory proposed by Lamarck that said body parts develop with increased usage while unused parts weaken. "Use it or lose it!" |  | 16 |
| 13664278518 | Trait | A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes. |  | 17 |
| 13664278519 | Heredity | Passing of traits from parents to offspring |  | 18 |
| 13664278520 | artificial selection | Breeding organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits; SELECTIVE BREEDING |  | 19 |
| 13664278521 | Fossils | Preserved remains of once-living organisms; evidence for Evolution | 20 | |
| 13664278522 | homologous structures | Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry but different because of adaptation to different environments. |  | 21 |
| 13664278523 | Analagous Structures | similar structure without having a common ancestor |  | 22 |
| 13664278524 | evolutionary tree | A branching diagram that reflects a hypothesis about evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms. |  | 23 |
AP Language Vocabulary Unit 5 Flashcards
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| 11221241406 | Depraved | (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles | 0 | |
| 11221248186 | Delineate | (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially | 1 | |
| 11221254622 | Enervate | (v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring | 2 | |
| 11221258989 | Mundane | (adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary | 3 | |
| 11221266671 | Acuity | (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) | 4 | |
| 11221272125 | Esoteric | (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret | 5 | |
| 11221276916 | Fecund | (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive | 6 | |
| 11221290518 | Fiat | (n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness | 7 | |
| 11221326183 | Figment | (n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion | 8 | |
| 11221348070 | Garner | (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use | 9 | |
| 11221350923 | Hallow | (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere | 10 | |
| 11221356451 | Idiosyncasy | (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify | 11 | |
| 11221420088 | Ignominy | (n.) shame and disgrace | 12 | |
| 11221420089 | Nuance | (n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference | 13 | |
| 11221427026 | Ubiquitous | (adj.) present or existing everywhere | 14 | |
| 11221430462 | Overweening | (adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate | 15 | |
| 11221432940 | Sumptuous | (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent | 16 | |
| 11221439359 | Penchant | (n.) a strong attraction or inclination | 17 | |
| 11221446062 | Reputed | (adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged | 18 | |
| 11221453045 | Sophistry | (n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound; a fallacy | 19 |
Louisiana Facts Flashcards
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| 10562470168 | Where is Louisiana located? | It is located in the Deep South region of the southeastern United States. |  | 0 |
| 10562512254 | Our State's Nickname | The Pelican State | 1 | |
| 10562518544 | Our state's capital | Baton Rouge | 2 | |
| 10562522654 | Our State's governor | John Bel Edwards | 3 | |
| 10562530091 | Abbreviation for Louisiana | La. | 4 | |
| 10562534560 | State's postal code | LA | 5 | |
| 10562536474 | Our state number | 18 | 6 | |
| 10562550755 | State's area | 48,523 square miles | 7 | |
| 10562561064 | Which state's border Louisiana? | Arkansas, Mississippi, Lake Pontchartrain, Gulf of Mexico, Texas, Mississippi River, Sabine River | 8 | |
| 10562575328 | Our state's flag | A mother pelican feeding her babies is centered on a field of blue. The pelican symbolizes the state's role as the protector of its resources to its people. The white ribbon below the bird bears the state motto. The flag was adopted in 1912. |  | 9 |
| 10562634503 | How many state representatives are there? | 7 | 10 | |
| 10562636681 | Our state's Motto | "Union, Justice, and Confidence." | 11 | |
| 10562646701 | Our state's Flower | Magnolia |  | 12 |
| 10562648714 | Our State's Bird | Pelican |  | 13 |
| 10562653273 | Our State's Song | "Give Me Louisiana" and "You Are My Sunshine" | 14 | |
| 10562660167 | Our State's Tree | bald cypress |  | 15 |
| 10562673028 | Our State's Mammal | Black Bear |  | 16 |
| 10562674649 | Our State's Reptile | Alligator |  | 17 |
| 10562683795 | Our State's Fish | White Perch; Spotted Sea Trout; Speckled Trout |  | 18 |
| 10562694740 | The 10 largest cities of Louisiana | New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Kenner, Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, New Iberia | 19 | |
| 10562715802 | Our State's Attractions | Avery Island, Delta Country. Evangeline Country, Feliciana Country, Grand Isle, Mardi Gras | 20 | |
| 10562726674 | Our State's Agriculture | cotton, fruits, rice, sugar cane, potatoes |  | 21 |
| 10562736019 | Our State's Industries | food processing, petroleum refining, pulp and paper products, transportation, textiles. |  | 22 |
| 10562745785 | Our State's Natural Resources | Natural gas, petroleum, sulfu |  | 23 |
Louisiana Flashcards
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| 10062922833 | Sacagawea | A Shoshone woman who went on the lewis and clark expedition |  | 0 |
| 10062929553 | Meriwether Lewis | He and William Clark led an expedition from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |  | 1 |
| 10070560476 | William Clark | The other leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He and his partner, Meriwether Lewis, were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory. | 2 | |
| 10070566806 | Appalachian Mountains | A mountain range that was used as a boundary for the Proclamation of 1763. | 3 | |
| 10070569300 | Manifest Destiny | A belief in the early 1800s that the United States should own all the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. | 4 | |
| 10070574330 | Louisiana Purchase | The territory purchased by the Americans from the French in 1803. The main reason for the purchase was the French needed money for their war with the British. | 5 | |
| 10070585653 | The Battle of Fallen Timbers | 1794, struggle between American Indians and the United States for control of the Northwest Territory. | 6 | |
| 10070586339 | Cumberland Gap | Daniel Boone used this route (Gap) through the Appalachian Mountains, and it became Wilderness Road. | 7 | |
| 10070589523 | Zebulon Pike | Explored the southern part of the Louisiana Territory. He has a peak named after him, over 14,000 ft. | 8 | |
| 10070591827 | Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence, 3rd President of the United States, and sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition. | 9 | |
| 10070600406 | Pioneer | A person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area. | 10 | |
| 10070600912 | Greenville | A treaty that opened most of Ohio to white settlers. | 11 | |
| 10070602715 | York | Clark's slave and explored with Lewis and Clark. | 12 |
The American Promise, A History if the United States to 1877 Chapters 6-10 Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 7933081807 | Seven Years' War | Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land | 0 | |
| 7933081808 | Stamp Act Congress | held in New York, agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed | 1 | |
| 7933081809 | Townshend Acts/ Townshend Duties | A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea | 2 | |
| 7933081810 | Tea Act | Tax on tea | 3 | |
| 7933081811 | Non-importation | Colonial movement to protest Stamp Act by not importing British goods | 4 | |
| 7933081812 | Proclomation of 1763 | Prohibited colonial migration and settlement west of the Appalachin mountains. | 5 | |
| 7933081813 | Coercive Acts | name of the British laws to punish the colonists for staging the Boston Tea Party | 6 | |
| 7933167119 | Articles of Confederation | A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War. | 7 | |
| 7933167120 | Northwest Ordinance | a law passed by Congress in 1787 that specified how western lands would be governed | 8 | |
| 7933167121 | Federalists | Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states were contemplating its adoption. | 9 | |
| 7933167122 | Antifederalists | Opponents of ratification of the Constitution and of a strong central government, generally. | 10 | |
| 7933167123 | Bill of Rights | The first ten amendments to the Constitution | 11 | |
| 7933167124 | Republican Ideology | The idea that the people's political power comes from being allowed to vote for representatives. | 12 | |
| 7933167125 | Elastic Clause | A clause that allows Congress to stretch the use of its powers. | 13 | |
| 7933167126 | Battle of Tippacanoe | 14 | ||
| 7933167127 | Strict interpretation of the Constitution | Democratic-Republicans | 15 | |
| 7933167128 | Loose Interpretation of the Constitution | Approach to Constitutional interpretation that says the Constitution has more powers than are listed | 16 | |
| 7933167129 | Shays rebellion | The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt | 17 | |
| 7933167130 | Alexander Hamilton | United States statesman and leader of the Federalists | 18 | |
| 7933167131 | Democratic Republicans | Jefferson's political party - limited government, focus on agriculture, alliance with France | 19 | |
| 7933167132 | Tecumseh | A Shawnee chief who tried to unite Native American tribes | 20 | |
| 7933167133 | Haitian Revolution | 21 | ||
| 7933167134 | Thomas Jefferson | 22 | ||
| 7933167135 | Louisiana Purchase | territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million | 23 | |
| 7933167136 | Impressments | Term given for when British sailors captured US sailors and enslaved them | 24 | |
| 7933167137 | Aliens and Sedition Acts | series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce political power of recent immigrants. | 25 | |
| 7933167138 | John Marshall | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by John Adams | 26 | |
| 7933167139 | Mabury v. Madison | established judicial review Embargo Act- banned trade with all of Europe, devasted the U.S economy. | 27 | |
| 7933167140 | Missouri Compromise | Settled the conflict that had arisen from Missouri's application for statehood | 28 | |
| 7933167141 | Eli Whitney | United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825) | 29 | |
| 7933167142 | Harford Convention | a meeting of Federalists at Harford, Connecticut, to protest the War of 1812 | 30 | |
| 7933167143 | War Hawks | Those who were eager for war with Britain | 31 | |
| 7933167144 | Virgina and Kentucky Resolutions | argued that the states had the right to judge weather federal laws agreed with the consstitution | 32 | |
| 7933167145 | Seven Years War | worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land | 33 | |
| 7933167146 | Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence | 34 | |
| 7933167147 | War of 1812 | 35 |
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