LA Purchase vocabulary

yellow fever

• a large area of land

• a tropical disease caused by moquito

• a disease caused by pigs

• an animal skin with fur on it

treaty

• agreement between nations

• a broken promise

• cupcake

• someone who settles in a new territory

ruthless

• rebel against the government

• a group of territories

• an agreement between nations

• cruel

revolt

• revolution

• a city where ships load goods

• to rebel against a government

pioneer

• animal skin

• someone who settles in a new territory

• a large area of land

• someone who joins a settler

outcry

• A method of public speaking.
• a lot of people complaining loudly about something

• A type of legal document.
• agreement between two parties.

empire

• area of land with different rulers

• group of territories with same ruler

• republic
• kingdom

blockade

• block off a port with ships

• a group of blocks stacked together

• a group of territories with the same ruler

• a city

A colonist is a person who settles in a new land.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A democracy is a type of government where there is a king and queen.

• TRUE

• FALSE