Topic 9 Vocab and Inventions

What is the term used to describe the belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans?

• Homesteads

• Manifest Destiny

• Annexation

• Sovereignty

What is the process called when a country gains control or ownership over land or resources, often through purchase, treaty, or conquest?

• Cession

• Acquisition

• Grant

• Migration

Which term describes the edge of a country or a land where few people live?

• Grant

• Frontier

• Homesteads

• Prospector

What is the term for the act of giving up something, usually land, by agreement in a formal treaty?

• Annexation

• Cession

• Sovereignty

• Acquisition

What is the term for a  person who goes into unknown areas, opening up the way for others to follow?

• Pioneer

• Migration

• Grant

• Frontier

What is the term for the action of taking possession of something, often land?

• Annexation

• Cession

• Acquisition

• Homesteads

What is the term for earning ownership of land by living on it?

• Sovereignty

• Homesteads

• Grant

• Prospector

What is the term for a person who searches for valuable mineral deposits on or under the surface of the earth?

• Prospector

• Migrant

• Sovereign

• Homesteader

What is the term for the right and power of a person or nation to govern themselves?

• Acquisition

• Sovereignty

• Cession

• Annexation

What is a general term for funds or something of value that is not expected to be repaid?

• Grant

• Acquisition

• Cession

• Annexation