Chapter 6 Vocabulary Flashcards
What is a Canal
A waterway that is dug by people.
What is a wagon train?
A group of covered wagons that travels together for safety
What is transcontinental
Across the continent.
What is toll?
Money that is paid for using a road.
What is an immigrant?
A person who moves from one country to settle in a different country.
What is a frontier?
A region that forms the edge of a settled area.
What is a Homestead?
An area of land that includes a house and it’s buildings.
What is the Gold Rush?
A time in the late 1840s when thousands of people came from around the world to California to search for gold.
What is an exclusion?
Keeping people out of place.
What does communicate mean?
To pass thoughts or information to others.
What is invention
Something made for the first time.
What is a patent?
A document that gives a person the right to be the only one making or selling an invention.
What is a telegraph?
A machine that sends and receives signals through thin wires.
What does Technology mean?
The scientific knowledge about how things work.
What is equal rights?
When all people have the same rights.
