social studies vocabulary
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- activist
- a person who works for change
- mutiny
- an open rebellion against authority, especially by sailors or soldiers
- siege
- the surrounding of a place by an army in order to capture it.
- ambassador
- a representative sent by one government to another
- turning point
- a time when important changes occur
- policy
- a plan for doing or managing something
- ambolish
- to end
- hoard
- to gather for one's own future use
- mercenary
- a soldier from one country who is payed to fight for another country
- profiteer
- a person who charges unfairly high prices for goods
- negotiate
- to talk about something in order to reach an agreement
- inflation
- an increase in prices
- retreat
- to stop fighting and move away from the enemy
- territory
- land owned or controlled by a particular country
- ideal
- an important belief or aim
- finance
- to provide money for
- constitution
- a written plan of government
- ratify
- to approve officially
- campaign
- a series of battles to achieve a specific purpose