Answer:
Americans, beginning the 19th century, had an idea of "Manifest Destiny" in which they thought they were destined to expand the US to the west coast
The California territory is located near the sea. Acquiring this territory would provide America with:
- safe military defense bordered by the sea
- enough space to built ports so we can make a trading relationship with other countries
The covenant : The royal covenant was made with David (2 Sam 7). It promised to establish his dynasty forever while acknowledging that its original royal-covenant promises had been given to the ancestor of the whole nation, Abraham.
The significance:
Covenant, a binding promise of far-reaching importance in the relations between individuals, groups, and nations.
lil extra:
it has social, legal, religious, and other aspects. This discussion is concerned primarily with the term in its special religious sense and especially with its role in Judaism and Christianity.
An organized prayer session in a public school is seen by some to be the government endorsing a particular religion
Hey there!
"Which word or phrase describes the native people of Mongolia in the 12th century?"
Well... we could do process of elimination
- It can't be "hunter-gatherers" because they are the members of the nomadic people that who live "chiefly" but by hunting or fishing for certain foods (like wild foods
- It can't be farms because it just doesn't have to do with this portion
- It CAN BE nomadic herdsmen they are basically people who were part of the tribe a particular group that constantly moved from each place to place with/without a indefinite house
- It can't be city-dwellers because they were people who lived in the cities
So, therefore your answer would be: 
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