| A | B |
|---|
| reservoir | lake used for collecting and storing water |
| decade | 10 years |
| century | 100 years |
| transportation | the way something moves from one place to another |
| disaster | something that happens that causes great harm to a community |
| lodge | homes made of logs,earth,and grass |
| tepee | triangle shaped sheltors made of buffalo skins stretched over poles |
| legends | stories that teach a lesson or explain something |
| canal | waterways built by people |
| causeway | roads built on soil piled up in shallow water |
| empire | all the land and people under the control of a powerful nation |
| artifacts | objects that we find that were used by people in the past |
| archaeologists | scientists who look for artifacts and try to explain how they were used |
| pollution | anything that makes the air, land or water unclean |
| solutions | ways to solve |
| slave | a person who is owned by another person and is forced to work without pay |
| colony | a settlement that is ruled by another country |
| tax | extra money for things needed or wanted |
| revolution | a fight for a change in government |
| independence | freedom from the rules of others and freedom to make your own rules |
| constitution | a plan of government |
| civil war | a war in which tow parts of one country fight each other |
| amendment | a change to something that is already written |
| communication | the sharing of feelings, thoughts, and information |
| transcontinental | something that goes from one side of a continent to the other |
| invention | something that has been made for the first time |
| suburb | communities near a city |
| satellite | a spacecraft that is used to send radio, telephone, and television signals |
| historical society | a group of people who have a special interest in the history of their community |
| plantation | large farm |
| Gullah | a language made up of English and African words |
| township | a planned community |
| secede | to withdraw from somethin |
| Reconstruction | rebuilding |
| textile | woven cloth |
| equal rights | the same rights for all people |
