Test A Semester Test Social Studies

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Which of the following is defined as "the first document to put restrictions on English ruler's power"? Magna Carta, The Mayflower Compact, The Gettysburg Address, The Paris Compact

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Magna Carta

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What is the name given to the upper class of society?

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Gentry

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Which of the following is defined as "a three-way trade between the colonies, the islands of the Carribean and Africa"?

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Triangular Trade

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England had this, and it was a two-house legislature.

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Parliament

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Which of the following is a group of people who have the power to make laws? gentry, middle class, upper class, legislature

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legislature

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Which of the following is defined as "the right of journalists to publish the truth without restrictions or penalty"? libel, magna carta, None of the Above

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freedom of press

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Which of the following is defined as "a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect"? Options: freedom of the press, gentry, habeas corpus, bill of rights

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bill of rights

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What is defined as "the principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime"?

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habeas corpus

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Which of the following is defined as "a person signed a contract to work from 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay his or her ocean passage to the Americas"?

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indentured servant

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Which of the following is defined as "someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time"?

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apprentice