1. Ch. 9, 10 and 11 Vocab REview

2. cede
to give up territory by treaty

3. Immigrant
A person who moves into another country after leaving his or her homeland

4. – someone who went to an area before it was settled and populated
Pioneer
– someone who went to an area before it was settled and populated

5. Forty-niners
gold seeking migrants who traveled to California in 1849 during the “Gold Rush”

6. Prospect
to search for gold

7. a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population
Boomtown
a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population

8. Spanish colonists and their descendants living in California
Californios
Spanish colonists and their descendants living in California

9. To settle on public lands to use as a home
homesteading
To settle on public lands to use as a home

10. Annex
to add territory or take control of an area of land

11. a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere. (exit!)
Emigrant
a person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere. (exit!)

12. Rancho
Mexican ranch owner

13. Manifest destiny
the idea that the United States was intended to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean

14. Joint occupation
The agreement allowing both the U.S. and Britain to settle in the Oregon Territory

15. Place Miner
A person who mines for gold by using pans or other devices to wash gold nuggets out of loose rock and gravel.

16. Mountain men
frontiersmen living in the wilderness of the Rocky Mts / fur trappers and traders

17. A person “agents” who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas
Empresarios
A person “agents” who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas

18. Mexican cowboys in the west who tended cattle and horses.
vaqueros
Mexican cowboys in the west who tended cattle and horses.

19. A movement of a large number of people into a new homeland
migration
A movement of a large number of people into a new homeland

20. A Mexican who claims Texas as his home.
Tejano
A Mexican who claims Texas as his home.

21. frontier
the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness, especially referring to the western US before Pacific settlement.

22. Conestoga Wagon
A sturdy vehicle topped with white canvas and used by pioneers to move west.