8th Grade Vocabulary Words
1st Nine WeeksIsland
flood plain swamp delta marsh harbor cape sea level bay prairie desert marsh mountain valley glacier canyon cliff plateau Olmec Maya Aztec Inca religion theocracy confederation longitude latitude absolute location scale compass rose primary source secondary source mercantilism resource product Puritan Quakers Pilgrims |
2nd Nine WeeksCumberland Gap
Wilderness Road deforestation subsistence farming cash crop subsistence economy traditional economy monopoly oligopoly commercial economy free competition triangular trade French and Indian War tariff sales tax excise tax Whiskey Rebellion Revolutionary War Sugar Act Quartering Act Stamp Act Tea Act Boycott Boston tea party Boston Massacre federalism republic democracy executive legislative judicial branch Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Constitution popular sovereignty Constitution Bill of Rights Marbury v. Madison judicial review McCulloch v. Maryland rights responsibilities credit debt Shay’s Rebellion Proclamation of 1763 altruism |
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