Social Studies Vocabulary - Nevada
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- Abolition:
- A movement calling for the prohibition of slavery.
- Absolute location:
- A unique or exact position on the Earth's surface as expressed by a grid reference such as latitude and longitude.
- Agrarian Society:
- A society based on agriculture as its prime means for support and sustenance.
- Alliances:
- Any relevant political or economic arrangement between countries with mutual benefit. For example: Triple Entente -
consisting of Great Britain, France and Russia; Triple Alliance - Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire (Turkey, Bulgaria);
NATO, Warsaw Pact, NAFTA.
- Allocation:
- A particular distribution, e.g., a resource allocation is a particular distribution of resources during a particular point in time.
- Antebellum America:
- A period of U.S. history prior to the United States Civil War, 1830-1861.
- Anti - Federalists:
- A term referring to those who opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
- Artifact:
- Any object made, modified, or used by people.