AHON Chapter 4 Vocabulary Quiz

1. A ___________________ is a group of people who have the power to make laws. (Page 103)

• a. legislature

• b. bill of rights

• c. habeas corpus

• d. libel

2. A __________________ is a written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect. (Page 103)

• a. libel

• b. freedom of the press

• c, bill of rights

• d. legislature

3. The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime is called ____________________ . (Page 104)

• a. libel

• b. habeas corpus

• c. legislature

• d. freedom of the press

4. The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty is called ___________________ .

(Page 105)

• a. bill of rights

• b. legislature

• c. freedom of the press

• d. libel

5. The publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation is called __________________ . (Page 105)

• a. libel

• b. legislature

• c. freedom of the press

• d. habeas corpus

6. An ___________________ is someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a certain period of time. (Page 110)

• a. gentry

• b. middle class

• c. libel

• d. apprentice

7. The upper class of colonial society that included wealthy planters, merchants, ministers, royal officials, and successful lawyers were known as

_______________ . (Page 110)

• a. apprentice

• b. gentry

• c. levy

• d. extended family

8. By about 1700, slave traders in the British colonies had developed a regular routine called the _________________ , that trade would be between the colonies, the islands of the Caribbean, and Africa.

(Page 115)

• a. bill of rights

• b. domestic

• c. retain

• d. triangular trade

9. Not every African in America was a slave, but slavery came to be restricted to people of African descent, thus slavery was linked to ___________ , the belief that one race was superior or inferior to another. (Page 116)

• a. middle class

• b. racism

• c. levy

• d. domestic

10. Fearing more trouble, colonial authorities wrote _____________________ , that were strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves. (Page 116)

• a. revolt

• b. slave codes

• c. gentry

• d. libel