US History Vocabulary

a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.

• slave

• astronomy

• eclipses

• civil

the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole

• slave

• astronomy

• eclipses

• civil

an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination

• slave

• astronomy

• eclipses

• civil

relating to private relations between members of a community; noncriminal "a civil action"

• slave

• astronomy

• eclipses

• civil

try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something

• urged

• slave

• civil

• astronomy

an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables

• organized

• volunteer

• almanac

• inventions

arranged in a systematic way, especially on a large scale

• lending

• organized

• inventions

• almanac

the action of allowing a person or organization the use of a sum of money under an agreement to pay it back later.

• inventions

• volunteer

• organized

• lending

a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task

• volunteer

• lending

• inventions

• organized

the action of inventing something, typically a process or device

• lending

• inventions

• organized

• volunteer