1. Chapter 8
Vocabulary

2. similar to the state or federal constitution; includes the city’s official name, boundaries, and powers; official permission to operate something, such as a colony
charter

3. able to be spread by contact or close association
contagious

4. a particular religious group
denomination

5. regional form of a language
dialect

6. to deny someone or some group their rights because of prejudice
discriminate

7. one who leaves his or her native country to settle in another
emigrant

8. an outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly through the community
epidemic

9. a journey for a specific purpose, such as exploration
expedition

10. the area just at the edge of or beyond a settled area
frontier

11. one who agreed to work for a period, usually seven years, as a servant in America in exchange for passage to the New World
indentured servant

12. a military force composed mostly of citizen-soldiers
militia

13. the sole possession or control of something
monopoly

14. the practice of owning people as property and forcing those people to work for a slaveholder
slavery

15. one who buys something, such as land, hoping it will increase in value and, when sold, provide a profit
speculator

16. one who measures and maps out the size, shape, position, and so on of an area of land
surveyor

17. an injection or shot to protect against a disease
vaccination