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California Gold Rush Vocab.
Gold
10
History
4th Grade
05/22/2007

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Term
Pioneer
Definition
A person who explores or settles land, showing the way for others.
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Frontier
Definition
The land beyond the settled part of the country.
Term
rebal
Definition
a person who fights against the goverment in power.
Term
nation
Definition
a group of people who live in the same area and are ruled by one central goverment.
Term
treaty
Definition
an official agreement between two or more countries.
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gold rush
Definition
the large flow of miners who travel to California to find gold.
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forty-niners
Definition
daring gold-seekers who began their journey to search for gold in 1849.
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ithmus
Definition
is a narrow strip of land that conects two larger sections.
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claim
Definition
the small piece of land on which a miner digs for gold.
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technology
Definition
the scientific methods and ideas used in industry, agriculture and trade
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