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7th Grade
10/21/2013

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Electoral college-
Definition
- a special group of voters selected by their state’s voters to vote for the president and vice president
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Embargo
Definition
an order prohibiting trade with another country
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Emigrant
Definition
a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere
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Encomienda
Definition
system or rewarding conquistadors with tracts of land and the right to tax and demand labor from Native Americans who lived on the land
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Entrenched
Definition
occupying a strong defensive position
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Enumerated powers
Definition
Enumerated powers- powers belonging only to the federal government
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Executive branch-
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the branch of government, headed by the president, that carries out the nation’s laws and policies
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Export
Definition
- to sell goods abroad
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