iCivics US History Unit 1

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Across
  1. 1. a person or group of people who hold power to make decisions for a nation, state, tribe, city, etc.
  2. 6. a system of government where the people hold power through elected representatives who then make laws and decision
  3. 11. a person who voluntarily settles in a colony
  4. 15. when one nation sends people to a place to establish their own permanent settlements, often using force, to gain wealth and power and in the process disrupting the Indigenous peoples
  5. 16. (of people) coming from a particular place and having lived there for a long time before other people came there
  6. 17. an argument or point you are trying to prove; the central or main idea in a piece of writing or an image
  7. 20. the facts you use to support or prove your claim
  8. 25. any land that is owned by an individual or group outside of the government
  9. 27. a social construct used to categorize people into groups based on traits like skin color, physical features, or the identity of their ancestors
  10. 28. a nation's independent authority and the right to govern itself
  11. 29. a group of people who live in the same area or having a certain characteristic in common
  12. 30. a form of government with one leader whose power is generally passed down through the family
  13. 32. a set of principles or thoughts that people use to understand the world around them
  14. 34. to communicate with or react to people or things
Down
  1. 2. process of allowing citizens to shape the decisions made by the government through the representatives chosen by them
  2. 3. an official agreement made between sovereign nations
  3. 4. an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or group of gods
  4. 5. relating to gaining, seeking, and/or organizing power; includes events related to the government, such as making, enforcing, and interpreting laws
  5. 7. a person chosen to act or speak for others, often in a government; having people who are chosen in elections to act or speak for or in support of the people who voted for them
  6. 8. relating to the process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought
  7. 9. an act or effort to fight against something or someone or a refusal to accept something
  8. 10. the ability to make decisions about people and resources in a society
  9. 11. a form of slavery that allowed people to be owned as property that could be bought, sold, given, and inherited
  10. 12. an area that is controlled by a foreign country that is often far away
  11. 13. a person who is made the property of another, is forced to work, and does not have freedom
  12. 14. a Native Nation's right to self-govern and control its own laws, people, land, and resources; cannot be given or taken, only acknowledged or recognized
  13. 15. a union of states, groups of people, or political parties with the same aim
  14. 18. an effort by many people to change something through protests or violence
  15. 19. a system of forced labor for the social, political, and economic gain of the enslaver that deprived enslaved people of the rights to their labor, their families, and their persons
  16. 21. the state of being free, not being imprisoned or enslaved; the power to do what you want to do
  17. 22. shared by members of a group or community
  18. 23. materials that occur in nature and can be used for survival or economic gain through trade
  19. 24. of or relating to people or society in general
  20. 26. a group of countries or regions that is controlled by one ruler or one government
  21. 31. the ability to act and exert power over one’s own life
  22. 33. a group of people who are thought of as being all the same