Westward Expansion Vocabulary Test Study Guide Crossword

woven materials, such as fabric or rugs
to reject or refuse
the act of ceding, or giving up ownership, to another
talks to work out problems
supreme power over a state or area
something of value, gifts of nature
settlement and improvement of land to secure rights of ownership
practice of kidnapping a country's sailors and forcing them to serve another nation
person who starts a business
people who leave a country or region to settle elsewhere
organization of people who have similar approaches toward government and governing
official advisors to a chief of state
occupation; career calling
not connected with the military
mountain streams coming together to form a river
meetings and talks between nations
journey, voyage
information obtained mainly from the study of secondary sources; third hand information (encyclopedias, guidebooks, textbooks, etc.)
information obtained from the study and analysis of primary sources; secondhand information
information obtained from a firsthand source or witness
government in which all people take part
government document protecting the rights to an invention
government ban on goods entering and/or leaving a country or region
full-time military forces
formal body who chooses the president and vice president
beginning of a president's term
an example or model for the future
an elected state representative who helps formally elect the president
addition of land to an existing country