Unit 2 Vocabulary

What is the role of Parliament in Great Britain?

• To enforce laws

• To make up the laws for the country

• To judge legal cases

• To collect taxes

What does self-government mean?

• The ability to trade freely

• The ability to rule themselves and make their own laws

• The ability to travel without restrictions

• The ability to own property

Who is a representative?

• A person who makes laws

• A person who speaks or acts on behalf of someone else

• A person who enforces laws

• A person who collects taxes

What is an assembly?

• A group of people that makes laws

• A group of people that enforces laws

• A group of people that judges legal cases

• A group of people that collects taxes

What does secular mean?

• Religious

• Not religious

• Political

• Cultural

What is a Protestant?

• A member of the Catholic Church

• A person who practices Judaism

• Describing a Christian church that separated from the Catholic Church

• A follower of Islam

What is a denomination?

• A type of government

• A branch of a religion

• A form of currency

• A style of art

What is chattel slavery?

• Public ownership of land

• Private ownership of people

• Shared ownership of resources

• Government ownership of property

What does inhumane mean?

• Kind and merciful

• Cruel, lacking mercy

• Fair and just

• Generous and forgiving

What is cargo?

• Goods transported by ship, plane, or truck

• Passengers on a plane

• Animals on a farm

• People traveling by train