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Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
PLANTATION
a)
A large farm
b)
Spanish explorer
c)
A fort
d)
A town
2.
CHARTER
a)
A 50-acre grant of land
b)
A company in which investors buy stock in return for profit
c)
A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony
d)
An elected representative to an assembly
3.
JOINT STOCK COMPANY
a)
A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony
b)
A company in which investors buy stock in return of profit
c)
A 50-acre grant of land given to settlers who came to the colony
d)
An elected representative to an assembly
4.
BURGESS
a)
A document
b)
A company
c)
A representative
d)
A deserted
5.
TOLERANCE
a)
To disagree with or oppose an opinion
b)
The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors
c)
To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs
d)
To buy a colony in Virginia
6.
TOLERANCE
a)
To disagree with or oppose an opinion
b)
The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors
c)
To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs
d)
To buy a colony in Virginia
7.
ANGLICANS
a)
wanted to change the Anglican church
b)
members of the Anglican Church
c)
wanted to separate from the Anglican church
d)
members of Roman Catholic Church
8.
PURITANS
a)
members of Roman Catholic Church
b)
wanted to separate from the Anglican church
c)
wanted to change the Anglican Church
d)
members of the Anglican Church
9.
SEPARATISTS
a)
wanted to change the Anglican Church
b)
wanted to separate from Anglican Church
c)
members of the Roman Catholic Church
d)
members of the Anglican Church
10.
PACIFIST
a)
A person who refuses to use force or fight in wars
b)
A person that likes to fight and use force
c)
A person that likes to talk to other people
d)
A person that does not talk to people
11.
DEBTOR
a)
person who owes money to another
b)
person that likes to talk alot
c)
person that works in government
d)
person that lives inside a church
12.
INDENTURED SERVANT
a)
a person that does not pay bills
b)
a person who owes money to another
c)
a person that does not owe money
d)
A person who agrees to work without pay for a certain time period
13.
CONSTITUTION
a)
person that owes money
b)
written plan of government
c)
person that works for free
d)
a map of a city
14.
CASH CROP
a)
a crop that does not sell
b)
a crop that is expensive
c)
a crop that is rotten and can't sell
d)
a crop that can be sold easily in markets
15.
TRIANGULAR TRADE
a)
trade route between three destinations
b)
trade route between two destinations
c)
trade route between six destinations
d)
trade route between five destinations
16.
EXPORT
a)
to sell to other countries
b)
to bring in from foreign markets
c)
to sell to the local people
d)
to bring in profit from markets
17.
IMPORT
a)
to sell to other countries
b)
to bring in from foreign markets
c)
to sell to local markets
d)
to negotiate with local markets
18.
IMMIGRATION
a)
the permanent movement of people into one country from other nations
b)
an illness that affects large numbers of people
c)
a young person who learns a trade
d)
the democratic ideas, practices and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society
19.
CIVIC VIRTUE
a)
the permanent movement of people into one country
b)
an illness that affects large numbers of people
c)
a young person who learns a trade
d)
the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society
20.
ALLIANCE
a)
a military force
b)
partnership
c)
enemy
d)
a native
21.
MILITIA
a)
a military force made up of ordinary citizens
b)
a partnership
c)
a native nation
d)
a protest
22.
BOYCOTT
a)
money raised from taxes
b)
legal paper that allows officers to enter your home
c)
to cancel an act or law
d)
protest by refusing to buy items
23.
REPEAL
a)
protest by refusing to buy items
b)
to cancel an act or law
c)
money raised from taxes
d)
an official resolution
24.
WRITS OF ASSISTANCE
a)
protesting by refusing to buy something
b)
to cancel an act or law
c)
legal paper that allows officers to enter your house
d)
a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual
25.
REBELLION
a)
open defiance of authority
b)
ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
c)
an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies
d)
the use of nonviolent protest to challenge a government or its laws
26.
PROPAGANDA
a)
open defiance of authority
b)
ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
c)
an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies
d)
the use of nonviolent protest to challenge a government or its laws
27.
COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE
a)
open to defiance of authority
b)
ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
c)
an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies
d)
the use of nonviolent protest to challenge a government or its laws
28.
LOYALIST
a)
a civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice
b)
an American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
c)
an American colonist who favored American independence
d)
A British citizen loyal to the King
29.
PATRIOT
a)
a civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute's notice
b)
an American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
c)
an American colonist who favored American independence
d)
a British citizen loyal to Washington
30.
PETITION
a)
a formal request
b)
the introduction of a document
c)
a person that is ready to fight in a minute
d)
a party
31.
PREAMBLE
a)
a formal request
b)
the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written
c)
hired soldier
d)
an enlist in the military
32.
MERCENARY
a)
hired soldier
b)
to enlist in the military
c)
a formal request
d)
the introduction to a formal document
33.
ORDINANCE
a)
a plan of government
b)
having two separate lawmaking chambers
c)
to fall in value
d)
a law
34.
COMPROMISE
a)
a period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases
b)
the freeing of individual enslaved persons
c)
having the proper size in relation to other objects or items
d)
a settlement of a dispute by each party giving up some demands
35.
BLOCKADE
a)
a formal introduction
b)
privately owned ship outfitted with weapons
c)
a measure to keep ships from entering or leaving a harbor
d)
subject were people have different views
36.
AMENDMENT
a)
a change, correction, or improvement added to a document
b)
system in which the branches of government can limit each others' powers
c)
a special group of electors
d)
the sharing of powers
37.
FEDERALISM
a)
a change, correction, or improvement added to a document
b)
system in which the branches of government can limit each others power's
c)
the sharing of power between the federal and state governments
d)
the lawmaking branch of government
38.
CHECKS AND BALANCES
a)
system in which the branches of government can limit each others powers
b)
the sharing of power between the federal and state
c)
the law making branch
d)
a special group of electors
39.
DESERT
a)
help
b)
a subject that people have different views about
c)
to leave without permission or intent to come back
d)
when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods
40.
RATIFY
a)
to approve officially
b)
an attack in which the attacker hides
c)
an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out
d)
a plan of action
41.
DEPRECIATE
a)
having two separate lawmaking chambers
b)
a law
c)
to fall in value
d)
a government
42.
JUDICIAL BRANCH
a)
the lawmaking branch
b)
the branch of government that includes the courts that settles disputes and questions of the law
c)
the branch of government that executes, or carries out, the law, headed by the president
43.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
a)
the sharing of power between the federal and state
b)
the lawmaking branch of government
c)
the branch of government that executes or carries out, the law
d)
the branch of government that includes the courts
44.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
a)
the law making branch of government
b)
the branch of government that includes the courts
c)
the branch of government that executes, or carries out laws
45.
POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY
a)
means the government was created by the people in order to govern themselves
b)
power of the government is shared between the states and federal government
c)
the first 10 amendments of the constitution
d)
placed strict limits on government to protect the people
46.
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
a)
placed strict limits on government to protect the people
b)
means the government was created by the people in order to govern themselves
c)
each branch makes sure the others are working the way they are supposed to
d)
the first 10 amendments of the Constitution protects individuals rights against the power of the government
47.
REPUBLICANISM
a)
power of the government is shared between the states and the federal government
b)
government in which the desires of people are represented in government by elected representatives
c)
placed strict limits on government to protect the people
d)
each branch makes sure the others are working the way they are supposed to
48.
SEPARATION of POWERS
a)
means the government was created by the people in order to govern themselves
b)
government in which the desires of people are represented in government by elected representatives
c)
split the powers of government into three branches
d)
placed strict limits on government to protect the people
49.
LIMITED GOVERNMENT
a)
placed strict limits on government to protect the people
b)
each branch of government makes sure the others are working the way they are supposed to
c)
means the government was created by the people in order to govern themselves
d)
government in which the desires of people are represented in government by elected representtives
50.
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
a)
means the government was created by the people in order to govern themselves
b)
the first 10 amendments of the constitution protect individual rights against the power of the government
c)
placed strict limits on government to protect the people
d)
power of the government is shared between the states and the federal government
51.
ANTIFEDERALIST
a)
someone that is against the constitution
b)
someone that wants the US Constitution
c)
a group of people that are against the government
d)
someone that elects a delegate
52.
FEDERALIST
a)
someone that is opposed to have a president
b)
someone that wants to have a revolution
c)
someone that wants the US Constitution
d)
someone that wants the Articles of Confederation
53.
FOREIGN POLICY
a)
a statement that is generally true
b)
a legal writ or order
c)
a form of writing that uses symbols
d)
a government's strategy in dealing with other nations
54.
BOYCOTT
a)
a reward or payment
b)
an elected representative to an assembly
c)
a group of advisers to a president
d)
to refused to buy items in order to show disapproval
55.
CABINET
a)
a group of advisers to a president
b)
a reward or payment
c)
a meeting of members of a political parties
d)
a special condition in a formal document
56.
George Washington
a)
was consider commander and chief
b)
was the 1st president of the United States
c)
was general in the American Revolution
d)
all of the above
57.
Alexander Hamilton
a)
was the second president of the United States
b)
was the Secretary of treasury for Washington
c)
was the Secretary of State for Washington
d)
was the Secretary of War and Attorney for Washinton
58.
John Locke
a)
said that every country should have three powers
b)
said that every president should serve two terms only
c)
said that everyone has rights as a human being
d)
said that we need a four part plan
59.
William Penn
a)
founder of South Carolina
b)
founder of North Dakota
c)
founder of Pennsylvania
d)
founder of Georgia
60.
Bicameral
a)
having to separate lawmaking chambers
b)
a measure that keeps a country from communicating and trading with other nations
c)
to add territory to one's own territory
d)
an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy
61.
This economic theory means that a nation's power is based on its wealth
a)
conquistador
b)
encomienda
c)
mercantilism
d)
Columbian exchange
62.
An exchange of plants, animals and diseases that greatly altered the life on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean
a)
conquistador
b)
encomienda
c)
mercantilism
d)
Columbian exchange
63.
Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church
a)
charter
b)
joint stock company
c)
Puritan
d)
Pilgrim
64.
Separatists, who believed their journey had a religious purpose, would call themselves a...
a)
charter
b)
joint stock company
c)
Puritan
d)
Pilgrim
65.
A colony in which the owner owned all of the land and controlled the government
a)
proprietary colony
b)
patroon
c)
indentured servant
d)
debtor
66.
In order to come to America, these people agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time. Usually about seven years.
a)
proprietary colony
b)
patroon
c)
indentured servant
d)
debtor
67.
The Dutch East India company would grant land to people who could bring at least 50 settlers to work the land. These people who were in charge of the land were known as a
a)
proprietary colony
b)
patroon
c)
indentured servant
d)
debtor
68.
Used primarily in New England, this means producing just enough agriculture to meet families' needs, with little left over to sell or exchange
a)
subsistence farming
b)
cash crop
c)
export
d)
import
69.
These were used by the farmers families, but they also were sold in colonial markets and overseas
a)
subsistence farming
b)
cash crop
c)
export
d)
import
70.
Products sold abroad
a)
subsistence farming
b)
cash crop
c)
export
d)
import
71.
Products bought from foreign markets
a)
subsistence farming
b)
cash crop
c)
export
d)
import
72.
In this type of colony, the king appointed a governor or counsel, but really the king made all of the decisions. Examples include Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia.
a)
royal colony
b)
proprietary colony
c)
charter colony
d)
indentured colony
73.
When American merchants refused to buy British made goods, they utilized a
a)
boycott
b)
writs of assistance
c)
petition
d)
repeal
74.
These legal documents allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
a)
boycott
b)
writs of assistance
c)
petition
d)
repeal
75.
What is another word for capital?
a)
Food
b)
Money
c)
State
d)
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