Q3 Glossary Terminology: Developing a Nation: Geography

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Canal

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Waterway that is built by people and used for shipping, travel, and irrigation.

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Frontier

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An area that has not been settled or explored by many people.

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Geographic Challenges

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Physical features that make it difficult for people or things to get from one place to another.

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Manifest Destiny

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A belief in the 1800s that America had a duty to extend westward to the Pacific Ocean.

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Migration

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The movement of people from one place to another.

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Oregon Trail

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A northern trail used by pioneers migrating west in the United States during the early 1800s.

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Pioneer

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A person who is one of the first to explore or settle a new territory.

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Pull Factors

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Positive reasons a person moves to a new place, voluntary.

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Push Factors

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Negative reasons that force people to move to a new place, involuntary.

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Santa Fe Trail

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A southern trail used by pioneers migrating west in the United States during the early 1800s.