
8th Grade SS Concepts - Unit 1 Vocabulary
Authored by Erika Doyle
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the vocabulary term for the following definition? 'A system where people govern themselves without outside control.'
Self-government
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Colonial rule
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the vocabulary term for the following definition? 'Farming just enough food to feed a family or community, with little left to sell.'
Subsistence farming
Commercial farming
Plantation agriculture
Industrial agriculture
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the vocabulary term for the following definition? 'Crops grown to sell for profit rather than personal use.'
Cash crops
Subsistence crops
Food staples
Cover crops
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the vocabulary term for the following definition? 'Trade system linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas in goods and slaves.'
Triangular trade
Silk Road
Columbian Exchange
Mercantilism
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the vocabulary term for the following definition? 'Laws that controlled enslaved people and denied them basic rights.'
Slave codes
Emancipation Proclamation
Abolitionist laws
Civil Rights Act
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the vocabulary term for the following definition? 'Laws that allow elected officials to make decisions for the people.'
Representative legislatures
Direct democracy
Judicial review
Popular sovereignty
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What is the vocabulary term for the following definition? 'A formal agreement between nations or groups for mutual benefit.'
Alliance
Embargo
Rebellion
Treaty
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