BCA: 6th Grade: Social Studies: Chapter 1 Vocabulary Quiz

mercantilism

• An economic policy in which the goal is to gain wealth by exporting more goods than are imported

• A type of government system
• A religious belief system
• A scientific method

missionary

• A type of bird
• A type of plant
• a person who works to spread their religious beliefs, often in a foreign county

• A type of fish

mission

• a building or group of buildings used by a religious organization to spread its faith

• A type of food
• A musical instrument
• A kind of animal

monarch

• the ruler in a government in which authority over the people is retained through a ruling family

• a type of butterfly

• A type of tree
• A type of fish

monotheistic

• Belief in one God
• Belief in multiple Gods
• Belief in no God
• Belief in nature as God

natural resource

• a naturally made item such as tree, mineral, or freshwater that people can use to meet a need or want

• Plastic
• Concrete
• Steel

northwest passage

• a northern ocean trade route around North America that connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• A mountain range in South America
• A river in Africa
• A desert in Australia

persecution

• unfair treatment because of race, religion, or political beliefs

• A type of food
• A musical instrument
• A type of plant

political factor

• something influential related to governmental leadership or citizens' lives or rights

• related to the economy

• related to the environment

• related to the culture

religious factor

• Religious factor is something influential to an organized set of beliefs used to worship of a god or groups of gods

• Religious factor is a type of economic system
• Religious factor refers to the speed of light
• Religious factor is a term used in physics