SC History: Unit 2 Vocabulary

Unit 2 Vocabulary
English Settlement of South Carolina

Proprietor
The owner of a business or a holder of
a property

Quitrent

A tax paid on land

Huguenots

French Protestants who followed
the teachings of theologian John
Calvin

Natural Resources

A naturally occurring source of
wealth, such as land, water, or oil

Naval Stores

Products used in the
construction and
maintenance of wooden
ships: timber, tar, pitch,
and resin

Cash Crops

An agricultural crop which is
grown to sell for profit

Subsidy

Money given by the government to promote
the development of a product

Mercantilism

An economic system of trade between the 16th
and 18th centuries. Focused on growing the
wealth of a nation by increasing exports.

Bounties

A payment or reward
offered as an incentive for
completing a task

Political Elite

A small group of powerful
people who hold most of the
wealth, privilege, political
power, or skill in a society

Bicameral

A government with two legislative houses or chambers

Multiple Choice

A _____________________ is a tax paid on land.

• subsidy
• bounty
• quitrent
• naval store

Multiple Choice

____________________________ are products used in the construction and maintenance of wooden ships.

• Natural Resources
• Naval Stores
• Naval Resources
• Subsidy

Multiple Choice

An ____________________________ is a crop which is grown to sell for profit

• Naval Store
• Natural Resources
• Cash Crop
• Subsidy

Multiple Choice

________________________ was an economic system based on the idea that colonies should provide raw materials to their home country to make them wealthy.

• Mercantilism
• Subsidy
• Quitrent
• Natural Resources

Multiple Choice

What is the term for a government with two legislative houses or chambers?

• Bicameral
• Unicameral
• Tricameral
• Congress

Multiple Choice

A __________________________ is money given by the government to promote the development of a product.

• quitrent
• bounty
• subsidy
• cash crop

Multiple Choice

A ______________________________ is the owner of a business or a holder of a property.

• proprietor
• Political Elite
• Hugenot
• Protestant

Multiple Choice

What were the French Protestants that moved to colonial America known as?

• Proprietor
• Political Elite
• Hugenot
• Protestant

Multiple Choice

The ________________________________ are a small group of people who hold most of the wealth, privilege, and political power.

• Merchants
• Joint Stock Company
• Proprietors
• Political Elite

Multiple Choice

_____________________ are a naturally occurring source of wealth, such as land or water.

• Naval stores
• Natural resources
• cash crops
• bounties

Multiple Choice

Which pair below were cash crops of early South Carolina?

• Corn and Beans
• Cotton and Indigo
• Indigo and Rice
• Cotton and Rice

Multiple Choice

_____________________ fill in crevices and cracks in ships to make them water tight and seaworthy.

• tar, glue and sap
• tar, pitch, and resin
• pitch, tar and sap
• tar, resin and paste

Multiple Choice

Which group of characteristics below were considered to be connected with the Political Elite?

• White, poor farmers, slaves
• White, wealthy, landowners
• Poor farmers, indentured servants, slaves
• Wealthy women, wealthy men, freed slaves

Multiple Choice

Why would the British government offer a bounty to a colonist?

• The colonist wanted to start a new settlement.
• The colonist was able to take many acres of land from Native Americans.
• The colonist collected quitrents for the British government.
• The colonist had a worthwhile idea for a new product or business.

Multiple Choice

Choose the group list are ALL natural resources.

• all of the above
• trees, water, rocks
• the sun, wind, oil
• trees, resin, soil
• Minerals, coal, gemstones