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Early Settlements Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person legally bound to work for a fixed term

a)

governor

b)

indentured servant

c)

pilgrim

d)

legislature

2.

The practice of treating people as property and forcing them to work against their will.

a)

indentured servant

b)

self-government

c)

slavery

d)

mission

3.

A large farm on which crops are raised.

a)

plantation

b)

proprietary colony

c)

royal colony

d)

borderlands

4.

A religious settlement built in a foreign land.

a)

mission

b)

established church

c)

plantation

d)

proprietary colony

5.

A group of people responsible for making laws.

a)

legislature

b)

raw material

c)

royal colony

d)

self-government

6.

A religious institution officially recognized and supported by a government.

a)

established church

b)

governor

c)

mission

d)

colony

7.

A public official who has authority over an area.

a)

governor

b)

legislature

c)

pilgrim

d)

raw material

8.

A colony established by a monarch.

a)

royal colony

b)

self-government

c)

plantation

d)

proprietary colony

9.

Lands located on or near a border.

a)

borderlands

b)

cash crop

c)

colony

d)

raw material

10.

Involving a struggle within one group or nation.

a)

internecine

b)

legislature

c)

pilgrim

d)

slavery

11.

A person who travels to a place for religious reasons.

a)

pilgrim

b)

governor

c)

royal colony

d)

cash crop

12.

A plant grown to be sold rather that used by the farmer.

a)

cash crop

b)

borderlands

c)

plantation

d)

proprietary colony

13.

A colony officially granted to an owner who has full governing rights.

a)

proprietary colony

b)

royal colony

c)

plantation

d)

self-government

14.

Political independence or rule by common agreement.

a)

self-government

b)

colony

c)

legislature

d)

slavery

15.

A natural component used to manufacture something.

a)

raw material

b)

cash crop

c)

plantation

d)

established church

16.

A settlement ruled by a faraway country.

a)

colony

b)

plantation

c)

established church

d)

royal colony