BCA: 7th Grade: Social Studies: Chapter 5 Vocabulary

a situation where enemy ships patrol a port to keep weapons, ammunition, food or other supplies from moving in or out

• siege
• embargo
• quarantine
• blockade

a ban on trade with a specific nation or groups of nations

• sanction
• quota
• embargo
• tariff

a good or service sold to another country

• export
• domestic sale
• trade
• import

a good or service brought into one country from another

• Import
• Local service
• Domestic product
• Export

seizing something for public use or forcing someone into public service

• monarch

• pardon

• impressment

• nationalism

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

• Prime Minister
• President
• Monarch
• Dictator

loyalty and devotion to one's country and support for its interests above those of other countries or peoples

• Patriotism
• Globalism
• Isolationism
• Nationalism

to forgive an error of offense

• blame

• accuse

• criticize

• pardon

an action or events that serves as a guide for similar action or events in the future

• precedent
• model
• template
• example

a tax that is placed on goods bought into one country from another

• tariff
• value-added tax
• sales tax
• import tax