Define the following words (20 pts.)

1.)despot

2.)khan

3.)nomad

4.)smuggler

5.)steppe

despot-a ruler or other person who holds absolute power,tipically one who exercises it in a cruel or oppresive way.

khan-a title give to rulers and officials in central asia,Afghanistan and certain other Muslims countries.

nomad-a menber of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture to livestock

smuggler-a person who smuggles goods

steppe-a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or siberia .

texas governor sam houston opposed secession, but was unable to prevent it. in this speech, given prior to lincoln's election, he presents the argument that slavery would be safer within the united states than outside of it. it was a prescient argument, and one held by several other southern leaders.

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