8th Grade Social Studies Chapter 4 Review

A _________________ the part of a government that makes laws.

• Gentry

• Apprentice

• Legislature

• Libel

A written list of the freedoms that a government promises to protect is called a __________________________.

• Habeas corpus

• Bill of rights

• Freedom of the press

• Triangular trade

The right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime or a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment is called _____________________.

• Habeas corpus

• Slave codes

• Dame School

• Gentry

The right of newspapers and other public media to publish articles believed to be accurate is called_________________.

• Separation of powers

• Indentured servant

• Habeas corpus

• Freedom of the press

_________________ is the publishing of false statements that unjustly damage a person's reputation.

• Natural rights

• Extended family

• Legislature

• Libel

An __________________ is a close-knit group that includes ones parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

• Dame school

• Apprentice

• Extended family

• Public school

An _____________________ is a person who learns a trade or a craft from a master.

• Bill of rights

• Apprentice

• Racism

• Middle Class

The upper class of colonial society was known as the _________________________.

• Indentured Servant

• Middle class

• Habeas corpus

• Gentry

The _____________________ in the 13 colonies included small planters, independent farmers, and skilled craftworkers.

• Indentured servant

• Middle Class

• Genrty

• Bill of rights

An ________________________is a person who signs a contract to work for a set number of years in exchange for ocean passage in the colonies.

• Indentured servant

• Public schools

• Genrty

• Libel