Vocabulary Chapter 11

The possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries.

Explorers who lived in the wilderness and made a living by hunting and trapping were called ____ _________.

(a)  

People who leave their own country in order to settle permanently in another country are called (a)   .

Manifest Destiny is ___.

She __________ the door with a dresser and chair so nobody could enter the room.

The U.S. was able to (a)   Texas which upset Mexico.

Texans tried to (a)   why they wanted Texas to be independent from Mexico. One reason given was that the Mexican government was not fulfilling its promises given to American settlers.

Those who came to strike it rich finding gold in 1849 were called ___-________.

(a)  

Due to the gold rush in California, some places grew rapidly and became very rich. These places were referred to as ________.

(a)   means to include something as part of something larger.