Social 7 Chapter 7 Vocabulary

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A person intending to establish a home and citizenship in a country that is not their native country.

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immigrant

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A person who leaves their native country to establish a home and citizenship in another country.

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emigrant

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Change in the characteristics of a population.

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Demographic Change

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Having no Work.

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Unemployment

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A shortage of food leading to starvation for many people.

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Famine

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A contagious disease that causes intestinal problems and dehydration.

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Cholera

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A place where people with a contagious disease are required to stay, to separate them from healthy people and to prevent the spread of the disease.

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Quarantine

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Someone who seeks to change established rules and arrangements in society.

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Reformer

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A government established in a colony and controlled by an imperial power such as Britain.

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Colonial Government

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A system of government in which citizens elect those who rule them.

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Democracy