Unit 1 Topic 1 Vocabulary

land that was given by the United States government to someone who

promised to live on it and farm it.

• Homestead

• Naturalization

• Self-sufficiency

• Prospectors

The process of becoming a citizen of a country.

• Boarding House

• Persecution

• Naturalization

• Economy

Land lying next to another piece of land.

• Affidavit

• Persecution

• economy

• Contiguous

A legal agreement that expires in five years.

• Contiguous

• Affidavit

• Deed

• Homestead

People who mine or search for precious minerals and metals such as gold and

silver

• Economy

• Contiguous

• Prospectors

• Boarding House

A building that provides rooms and meals to paying lodgers

• Naturalization

• Persecution

• Naturalization

• Boarding House

The act of treating others in a cruel way because of religion, race, politics,

or some other difference.

• Prospectors

• Persecution

• Contiguous

• Deed

The system of how money is made and used within a particular country or

region

• Economy

• Deed

• Naturalization

• Affidavit

A piece of paper that shows who by law owns a property.

• Naturalization

• Boarding House

• Persecution

• Deed

Able to get along without any help from others

• Naturalization

• Contiguous

• Prospectors

• Self-sufficiency