BCA: 6th Grade: Social Studies Chapter 2 Vocabulary

a group of people gathered for a specific purpose

• assembly

• Crowd
• Audience
• Spectators

a representative of a town or other district in a British system of government

• Mayor
• Burgesses

• President
• Governor

a crop grown for the purpose of selling rather than local consumption

• Cash Crop
• Subsistence Crop
• Cover Crop
• Companion Crop

an official document in which certain rights are given by a government to a person or business

• Constitution
• Charter
• Bill
• Manifesto

a person who establishes or lives in a colony

• Colonist
• Explorer
• Pioneer
• Settler

having rights, privilege's, responsibilities, and duties as a member of a community, state, or nation

• Citizenship
• Tourism
• Immigration
• Employment

engaging with public issues that affect the community

• civic participation

• rule of law

• cultivate

• enslave

a settlement controlled by a separate country

• Colony
• City
• Village
• Town

a formal agreement or contract between two or more parties

• Compact

• Argument
• Dispute
• Conflict

a league of independent members working together for a common benefit or objective

• Union

• Corporation

• Confederacy

• Partnership