| A | B |
| vocation | an occupation or job |
| assimilate | to absorb into the prevailing culture |
| barter | to trade without the exchange of money |
| boarding school | a type of school where students live at the school and are provided food and lodging |
| commerce | the buying and selling of goods |
| confluence | a flowing together of two or more streams or rivers |
| eminent domain | the right of a government to use private property for public use |
| entrepreneur | someone who turns an idea into a business |
| reservation | a piece of land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans to live on |
| sovereign right | authority based on the power of government |
| manifest destiny | the idea that America was meant to expand from coast to coast and was blessed by a higher power |