The Louisiana Purchase Vocabulary

An area of land under the rule of a leader or state.

• territory

• port

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

a person who is among the first to explore or settle a new country or area.

• settler

• pioneer

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area

• pioneer

• settler

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

a town or city with a harbor where ships load or unload

• port

• territory

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

a formal agreement between two countries

• treaty

• deal

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

a system of government run by the whole population through elections

• monarchy

• democracy

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

overthrowing a government

• revolution

• democracy

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4