8th Grade Unit 1 Key Concepts

An instrument used by sailors to determine their location by observing the position of the stars and planets

• Astrolabe

• Circumnavigate

• Immunity

• Immunity

to sail completely around the world

• Astrolabe

• Circumnavigate

• Immunity

• Immunity

Resistance to disease

• Astrolabe

• Circumnavigate

• Immunity

• Immunity

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

• Renaissance

• Slave Codes

• Indentured Servant

• Abolitionists

Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

• Renaissance

• Slave Codes

• Indentured Servant

• Abolitionists

Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights.

• Renaissance

• Slave Codes

• Indentured Servant

• Abolitionists

Anti-slavery activists who demanded the immediate end of slavery.

• Renaissance

• Slave Codes

• Indentured Servant

• Abolitionists

A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions

• Renaissance

• Scientific Method

• Indentured Servant

• Abolitionists

An economic system based on private ownership of capital

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• Joint-stock Company

A company made up of a group of shareholders. Each shareholder contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts.

• Capitalism

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• Joint-stock Company