| Term | Definition |
| cargo | freight carried by a vehicle |
| Patriot | a person who loves and defends his or her country; a colonist who was against British rule |
| sentries | soldiers who watch for danger |
| revolutionary | promoting radical, political, or social change |
| express | fast, direct, and nonstop |
| positive number | a number with a value greater than zero |
| negative number | a number with a value less than zero |
| area | the number of square units needed to cover a flat space with no overlapping |
| perimeter | the distance around a figure |
| ordered pair | a pair of numbers that name a point on a coordinate grid or map |