Vocabulary Week #2 "Lewis and Clark"

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Abolition Amendment Annex Artifact Atlas Barter Bison Boundary Botany Canoe Cartographer Claim Colony Commission Compass Confluence Continental Divide Corps Discovery Encounter Endurance Envoy Epoch Expedition Explorer Fertile Fort Frontier Geography Habitat Harsh Heritage Indigenous Interpreter Jefferson Journal Keelboat Latitude Longitude Louisiana Purchase Manifest Destiny Mapping Militia Missouri River Monticello Navigation Native American Naturalist Observation Ordinance Pacific Ocean Pioneer Plains Portage Preservation Provisions Quadrant Rations Reservation Riverbank Route Sacagawea Scurvy Settlement Shoshone Sioux Specimen Star chart Supply cache Survey Terrain Territory Teton Topography Trailblazer Trade Translation Treaty Tribe Troop Tundra Uncharted Uniform Upland Vegetation Voyage Warrior Westward Expansion Wilderness Wildlife Winter quarters Woolly Mammoth Yankton York Zoology Encampment Discovery Diverse Journal entry Legacy

The act of ending slavery (important to historical context). A change or addition to a legal document, like the Constitution. To add territory to one's own. An object made by humans, often studied by archaeologists. A collection of maps. Exchange of goods or services without using money. Large, shaggy animal central to Plains Native American life. A line marking the limits of an area. The study of plants. A narrow watercraft used for travel. A mapmaker. To declare ownership over land. A territory governed by a foreign power. An official assignment to carry out a duty. A tool used to determine direction. Where two rivers meet. A ridge separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent. A group of people organized for a specific purpose (e.g., Corps of Discovery). Finding something for the first time. A meeting, often unexpected. The ability to withstand hardship. A representative sent on a mission. A significant period in history. A journey undertaken for a specific purpose. A person who investigates unknown regions. Rich in nutrients; good for farming. A protected building or group of buildings. The edge of settled or known territory. The study of Earth's surfaces, features, and places. The natural home of an organism. Difficult and severe (often used to describe conditions). Traditions or values passed through generations. Native to a particular place. Someone who translates between languages or cultures. Thomas Jefferson, U.S. president who commissioned the expedition. A daily written record of experiences. A large, flat-bottomed boat used on rivers. Lines measuring distance north or south of the equator. Lines measuring distance east or west of the prime meridian. 1803 land acquisition that doubled U.S. size. The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand westward. Creating visual representations of areas. A group of civilians trained for military service. The river Lewis and Clark followed westward. Jefferson's home and site of expedition planning. The science of guiding a vessel or traveler. The first peoples living in North America. A person who studies nature. Careful watching or noticing details. A law or decree. The expedition's western goal. A person who explores or settles a new area. Broad areas of flat land. Carrying boats over land between waterways. Protecting and maintaining something (e.g., land, history). Supplies needed for a journey. An instrument used in early navigation. Fixed amounts of food or supplies. Land set aside for Native American tribes. The land beside a river. A path or course taken. Shoshone woman and guide/interpreter for the expedition. A disease caused by lack of vitamin C. A small community established in a new place. Native tribe that aided the expedition. A powerful Native American tribe met by the expedition. A sample collected for study. A map showing positions of stars, used in navigation. A hidden or stored collection of supplies. To examine and map the land The physical features of a piece of land. An area of land under jurisdiction. A Sioux tribe the explorers encountered. The arrangement of land features. Someone who makes a new path. The exchange of goods or services. Changing speech or writing into another language. A formal agreement between groups or nations. A group of people with shared culture and ancestry. A group of people working together, especially in the military. A cold, treeless plain. Not mapped or explored. A specific outfit worn by members of a group. Higher ground, often drier and rockier. Plant life in a particular region. A long journey, usually by water. A fighter, especially in tribal communities. Movement of U.S. settlers west across the continent. Untamed, natural land. Animals living in natural conditions. Place to stay during the cold season. Prehistoric creature whose bones were sometimes found. A Sioux subgroup encountered on the expedition. An enslaved African American who traveled with the Corps. The study of animals. A temporary place to camp or live. The act of finding or learning something new. Showing a variety; many different kinds. A dated piece of writing documenting experiences. Something handed down or remembered from the past.

Write down your favorite Vocabulary Word from this week and state its meaning.