USHC Standard 1 Vocab Quiz

Match each economic policy with its correct description.

• An economic policy where colonies exist to make the mother country rich by providing raw materials and buying finished goods.

• Feudalism

• A social system in which land is owned by lords and worked by peasants in exchange for protection.

• Mercantilism

• An economic system based on private ownership and free markets.

• Capitalism

• An economic system where the means of production are owned and controlled by the community as a whole.

• Socialism

A trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving goods, enslaved Africans, and raw materials. Fill in the blank: _____________.

• Triangle Trade

• Silk Road

• Columbian Exchange

• Industrial Revolution

A period when Britain ignored strict enforcement of laws in the colonies, allowing them to govern themselves. Fill in the blank: _____________.

• Salutary Neglect

• Intolerable Acts

• Mercantilism

• Navigation Acts

Local meetings where citizens discussed and voted on issues—an early form of direct democracy were called (a)   .

• New England Town Meetings
• Continental Congresses
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Mayflower Compact

A 1620 agreement by Pilgrims to form a government and follow its laws—an early example of self-government was called (a)   .

• Mayflower Compact
• Magna Carta
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Articles of Confederation

The idea that people can govern themselves without direct control from a king or ruler. Fill in the blank: _____________.

• Self-Government

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

A religious group that settled in New England to purify the Church of England and build a religious society. Fill in the blank: _____________.

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Catholics

• Anglicans

A peaceful religious group that believed in equality and settled mainly in Pennsylvania under William Penn was called (a)   .

• Quakers
• Puritans
• Pilgrims
• Shakers

Crops grown to sell for money, like tobacco, rice, and cotton, are called (a)   .

• Cash Crops
• Staple Foods
• Wild Plants
• Livestock

Natural resources like timber, fur, or sugar used to make goods in factories. Fill in the blank: _____________.

• Raw Materials

• Manufactured Goods

• Capital Resources

• Finished Products