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Ch. 8: The West
Definition of vocab
10 cards·by Iyari
What is an annex??
to increase the area in a country by incorporating other into it.
What is a buffer zone??
a territory seprationg two opposing powers
What is a continental divide??
line that divides the rivers that flow west from those that flow east
What is an expansionist??
one who calls for increasing a nation's territory.
What is a ghost town??
a town that has been totally abandoned
What is a Manifest Destiny??
19th belief that the U.S.A had the rights and duty to expand throughout north America to spread
white american culture
What is a mountain man??
a fur trapper of the west during the early 1800s.
What is a regionalism??
a sense of belongings to a distict region
What is a secularize??
to connect from religious use or ownership to civil use or ownership.
What is a redezvous??
french word= "meeting place"