8th Social Studies Vocab

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Diffusion

The process of spreading ideas from one culture to another.

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Culture

An entire way of life developed by a people.

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Pueblo

A town in the Spanish Colonies; a village or town of the Anasazi or other American Indian groups in the American Southwest.

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Tribe

A community of people that share common customs, language, and rituals.

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Settlement

A place or region newly settled.

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Terraces

A wide shelf of land cut into a hillside.

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Alliance

an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another

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Puritan

an English protestant who settled the Massachusetts Bay colony

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Persecution

the mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs

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Pilgrim

an English settler who sought religious freedom in America in the 1600s

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Charter

a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

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Mission

a religious settlement run by Catholic priests and friars; a settlement that aims to spread religion

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Columbian Exchange

the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between people of the Eastern and Western hemispheres

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Colony

an area settled and ruled by the government of a distant land