| A | B |
|---|
| execute | to carry out |
| artifacts | what an archeologist would study to learn about people of the past |
| alien | foreigner; not a citizen |
| Cabinet | group of officials who advise the President and run government departments |
| abolitionist | person who wanted to end slavery in the U.S. |
| forty-niner | person who went west during the California Gold Rush |
| boycott | to refuse to buy or use certain goods or services |
| Federalist | supporter of the Constitution; person who wanted a strong national government |
| embargo | a ban on trade with another country |
| feudalism | system of rule by lords who owed their loyalty to a king |
| bill | a proposed law |
| glacier | thick sheet of ice |
| executive | branch of government that carries out, or enforces, the laws |
| colony | group of people who settle in a distant land but are ruled by the government of ther native land |
| culture | the total way of life of a group of people |
| civilization | an advanced culture |
| adobe | sun-dried clay bricks |
| astrolabe | instrument or device used by sailors to determine their latitude |
| constitution | written plan of government that sets the rules for what that government can and cannot do |
| annex | to add on to |
| amend | to change |
| amendment | formal written change |
| backcountry | frontier area on the edge of the wilderness |
| Bill of Rights | amendments to the Constitution that guarantee the basic rights of the American people |
| federalism | division of power between the states and the national government |
| compromise | agreement in which each side gives up some of its demands |
