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Social Studies Vocab 5-24-07
Gold Rush
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4th Grade
05/24/2007

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Pioneer
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a person who explores or settles land, showing the way for the others
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Frontier
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the land beyond the settled part of the country
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Rebel
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a person who fights against the goverment in power
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Nation
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a group of people who live in the same area and are ruled by one central goverment
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Treaty
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an official agreement between two or more countries
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Gold Rush
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the large flow of miners who traveled to California to find gold
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Forty-niners
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daring gold-seekers who began their journey to search for gold in 1849
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Isthmus
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is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger sections
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Claim
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the small piece of land on which a miner digs for gold
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Technology
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the scientific methods and ideas used in industrial, agriculture and in trade
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