8th Social Studies Vocab

Diffusion

The process of spreading ideas from one culture to another.

Culture

An entire way of life developed by a people.

Pueblo

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

Tribe

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

Settlement

A place or region newly settled.

Terraces

A wide shelf of land cut into a hillside.

Alliance

an agreement between nations to aid and protect one another

Puritan

an English protestant who settled the Massachusetts Bay colony

Persecution

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

Pilgrim

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

Charter

a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

Mission

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

Columbian Exchange

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

Colony

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