Our Canada Chapter 7 Vocabulary Grade 7 Social

Immigrant

someone who is coming to live in a new country

Emigrant

someone who is leaving their home country to live somewhere else

Demographic Change

change in the characteristics of a population

Unemployment

having no work

Famine

a shortage of food that leads to starvation

Emigration

leaving someone's home country to live somewhere else

Cholera

a contagious disease that causes intestinal problems and dehydration

Quarantine

a place where sick people go away from healthy people

Reformer

somebody who wants to change the rules

Colonial Gov't

a gov't in a colony

Advise

to give advice

Democracy

a gov't where people elect rulers

Republic

a system of gov't that is not a monarch

Tyranny of the Majority

a person in power that uses it for their own interests

Epidemic

infection of a large population by a disease

Crop Failure

damage or elimination of a food crop from natural causes

Boycott

to refuse something as a way to create pressure for change

Arms

weapons

Insurrection

an attempt to overthrow an established gov't

Rebellion

a fight against a gov't

Royal Comission

an official investigation established by the gov't ( the crown)

Amnesty

a pardon

Assimilate

to become part of a different cultural group

Coalition

an alliance

Self Gov't

people rule themselves

Anglophone

a person whose first language is English

Francophone

a person whose first language is French.