Unit 7 - Westward Expansion Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: The idea that the United States should expand to include the territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean is known as __________.

• Manifest Destiny

• Isolationism

• Monroe Doctrine

• American Revolution

Fill in the blank: The movement from one part of something to another is called __________.

• transfer

• sedentary

• migrate

• stationary

Fill in the blank: A person who leaves his or her country to live somewhere else is called an __________.

• emigrant

• immigrant

• tourist

• refugee

Fill in the blank: An official order is known as a __________.

• Decree

• Suggestion

• Request

• Proposal

Fill in the blank: To block off is to __________.

• block

• barricade

• ignore

• allow

Fill in the blank: To add a territory to one’s own territory is to __________.

• annex

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

Fill in the blank: A fortune-seeker who came to California during the Gold Rush is known as a __________.

• 49er

• Prospector

• Gold Digger

• Pioneer

Fill in the blank: A person who acts as police, judge, and jury without formal legal authority is called a __________.

• vigilante

• officer

• lawyer

• detective

Fill in the blank: The extension of a state's territory by encroaching on that of other nations, pursued as a political strategy, is called __________.

• imperialism

• colonialism

• federalism

• expansion

Fill in the blank: The land and waters controlled by a government are known as __________.

• territory

• region

• province

• district