5th Grade MOY Vocab. REview

isolation

the state of being set apart or cut off

demonstrated

showed clearly

Reformation

a religious movement in the 1500s that rejected or changed

some Roman Catholic teachings and established the

Protestant faith

Northwest

Passage

A water route from the Atlantic to the Pacific through northern

Canada and along the northern coast of Alaska.

burgess

legislative representatives

tolerance

willingness to allow or overlook

Iroquois

Confederacy

a group of Native American nations in eastern North America

joined together under one general government

Minuteman

Colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a

minute's notice

loyalist

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed

the war for independence

blockade

an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or

people from entering or leaving.

Compromise

a settlement of a disagreement reached when each side gives

up some of what it wants

Impressment

seizing people against their will and forcing them to serve in

the military or other public service

Fortuitous

happening by chance or luck

Caucus

a meeting of members of a political party to choose candidates

for upcoming elections

Distinct

clearly different from the others

hemisphere

half of the Earth

outlawed

made illegal

subsistence

farming

an agricultural practice where farmers grow crop primarily to

feed their families