Ch 6 Vocabulary

What does debated mean?

• Formally discuss an issue

• Ignored
• Accepted without question
• Not discussed

What does impose mean?

• To put in place by authority, such a law, tax, or punishment

• To create a painting
• To play a musical instrument
• To cook a meal

What does independence mean?

• Being able to do everything on your own
• Being free from outside control by another country or government

• Not needing anyone else
• Not having to work

What are policies?

• A course of action taken by a government

• A type of insurance
• A type of contract
• A type of law

What is Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

• A novel by Charles Dickens
• A scientific theory by Albert Einstein
• A pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain
• A painting by Vincent van Gogh

What does petition mean?

• A formal written request made to an official person or organization

• A type of bird
• to have a relation or connection

• to convey an idea indirectly

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• A document that declared the United States' independence from Britain
• A speech given by Abraham Lincoln
• A novel written by George Washington

• A pamphlet by Thomas Paine

What are natural rights?

• Rights that are common to everyone, as opposed to those given by law

• Rights that are given by the government
• Rights that are given by the society
• Rights that are given by the law

What does fundamental mean?

• similar

• basic

• different

• discuss