Old Vocab
A person who wanders; without fixed habitation
Nomad
High-sounding, with little meaning
Bombastic
supply water (to land or crops) to help growth, usually by channels
Irrigate
to disagree with or oppose an opinion
Dissent
a business in which investors buy shares of the company in return for pieces of its future profits
Joint Stock Company
Symbols of writing, found primarily in ancient civilizations
Hieroglyphics
Strait
A narrow passage of water connecting two bodies of water
Federation
a government comprised of smaller groups of individuals
a person who owes money
Debtor
A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony
Charter
Terrace Farming
Carving steppes into a slope to allow for the cultivation of crops
Willing to take bold risks;
or
Rude or disrespectful behavior
Audacity
The study of history and pre-history through the examination of excavation sites and artifacts
Archeology
to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs
Persecute
a list of fundamental laws to support a government
Constitution
The social, behaviors, ideas or actions of a given population
Culture
an extensive area of land in the country, usually with a large house
or
all the money and property owned by a person
Estate
A government based on religious laws
Theology
A landowner in the Dutch Colonies who ruled over large areas of land
Patroon
Indentured Servant
A cultural revitalization in Europe, sparking interests in the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities
The Renaissance
To provide evidence to support or prove the truth of
Substantiate
the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself with minimum level (of crops)
Subsistence (Farming)
A 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way
an elected representative to an assembly
Burgess