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Chp. 6 - Revolution Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Soldiers who would fight for whoever paid them the most.

a)

Loyalist

b)

Tories

c)

mercenaries

d)

Minutemen

2.

Leaving your military unit without permission.

a)

to desert

b)

runaway

c)

stockade

3.

When it ends up taking more and more money to buy the same amount of goods over time.

a)

deflation

b)

recession

c)

inflation

d)

stagflation

4.

Military term, meaning to keep ships from entering or leaving American harbors.

a)

retreat

b)

attack

c)

siege

d)

blockage

5.

A privately owned merchant ship outfitted with weapons, whose goal is to capture enemy merchant ships and cargo.

a)

pirate

b)

frigate

c)

privateer

d)

submarine

6.

Which of these action words means to approve?

a)

blockade

b)

siege

c)

ambush

d)

ratify

7.

Which of these action words means to surprise the enemy?

a)

blockade

b)

siege

c)

ambush

d)

ratify

8.

Which action word means to abandon your post?

a)

mercenary

b)

recruit

c)

desert

d)

court-martial

9.

Someone who is against British rule

a)

mercanary

b)

patriot

c)

loyalist

10.

Someone who supports the British

a)

mercanary

b)

patriot

c)

loyalist

11.

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

a)

Mercanary

b)

Militia

c)

Soldier

d)

Deserter

12.

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds

a)

Mintuteman

b)

Militia

c)

Deserter

d)

Recruit