STAAR Grade 8 Social Studies: Geography and Culture

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  1. abolition
    doing away with a system or practice or institution
  2. abolitionist
    a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery
  3. agriculture
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  4. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
  5. cultivate
    adapt something wild to the environment
  6. ethnicity
    an affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
  7. frontier
    a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
  8. geography
    study of the earth's surface
  9. immigration
    movement of people into a country or area
  10. labor
    productive work, especially physical work done for wages
  11. migration
    the movement of persons from one locality to another
  12. natural resource
    material in the environment that can be used by people
  13. population
    the number of inhabitants in a given place
  14. reform
    make changes for improvement to remove abuse and injustices
  15. settlement
    the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies
  16. temperance
    the trait of avoiding excesses
  17. territory
    the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a state
  18. transcendentalism
    a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual
  19. union
    an employee organization that bargains with an employer
  20. urbanization
    the social process whereby cities grow
Created on Wed Jun 23 15:52:16 EDT 2021 (updated Thu Jun 24 08:26:05 EDT 2021)

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