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American Culture Vocabulary (Complete Set)

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition: "Give something to get something"

a)

trade

b)

trade route

c)

goods

d)

silk

2.

Definition: "The ways traders traveled to buy/sell goods."

a)

trade route

b)

spices

c)

thief

d)

invent

3.

Definition: "Things for sale."

a)

goods

b)

dangerous

c)

explorers

d)

thief

4.

Definition: "A fine, shiny cloth"

a)

silk

b)

explorers

c)

trade route

d)

spices

5.

Definition: "Plants like cinnamon, pepper to add flavor to food."

a)

dangerous

b)

spices

c)

voyage

d)

compass

6.

Definition: "Not safe"

a)

thief

b)

dangerous

c)

explorers

d)

invent

7.

Definition: "Person who steals; robber"

a)

explorers

b)

dangerous

c)

invent

d)

thief

8.

Definition: "People who travel or search an area to discover something new."

a)

explorers

b)

invent

c)

voyage

d)

dangerous

9.

Definition: "Made for the first time."

a)

voyage

b)

invent

c)

explorers

d)

dangerous

10.

Definition: "A long journey or trip by boat or plane."

a)

invent

b)

voyage

c)

explorers

d)

thief

11.

Definition: "Tool used for finding direction."

a)

religious

b)

suffer

c)

claimed

d)

compass

12.

Definition: "Said that something/someplace belongs to them"

a)

suffer

b)

claimed

c)

religious

d)

compass

13.

Definition: "Feel great pain or loss"

a)

suffer

b)

mission

c)

religious

d)

compass

14.

Definition: "Believing in God or spirits."

a)

compass

b)

claimed

c)

mission

d)

religious

15.

Definition: "Churches and other buildings where priests live and teach"

a)

religious

b)

suffer

c)

mission

d)

compass

16.

Definition: "Religion based on the teaching of Jesus Christ"

a)

Christianity

b)

take a risk

c)

explore

d)

slave

17.

Definition: "Take a chance; maybe lose something"

a)

explore

b)

take a risk

c)

slave

d)

settlement

18.

Definition: "Travel to find something new"

a)

explore

b)

settlement

c)

slave

d)

Christianity

19.

Definition: "a person who is owned by another person and forced to work with no pay or rights."

a)

slave

b)

explore

c)

settlement

d)

Christianity

20.

Definition: "A place where people have recently settled"

a)

Christianity

b)

settlement

c)

slave

d)

explore

21.

Definition: "Great sickness"

a)

disease

b)

Empire

c)

settlement

d)

slave

22.

Definition: "A group of nations/ lands controlled by one ruler"

a)

settlement

b)

disease

c)

Empire

d)

slave

23.

Definition: "pull or break apart" / "move away from or leave"

a)

separate

b)

argue

c)

Independence

24.

Definition: "freedom from control"

a)

Separate

b)

Independence

c)

Argue

25.

Definition: " led people to believe something by giving reasons"

a)

Argue

b)

Independence

c)

Separate

26.

Definition: "say in an official document"

a)

Argue

b)

Declare

c)

document

27.

Definition: "a piece of writing that provides information"

a)

document

b)

Argue

c)

Independence

28.

Definition: "say in an official document"

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declare

c)

Argue

29.

Definition: "the first formal declaration by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government."

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

document

c)

declare

30.

Definition: "cause (someone) to like something."

a)

attracted

b)

declare

c)

settlement

31.

Definition: "an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor."

a)

Document

b)

Plantation

c)

Colony

32.

Definition: "an economic system where the economy is controlled by the government and based on maintaining wealth in the empire."

a)

capitalism

b)

mercantilism

c)

trade

33.

Definition: how much money you have

a)

wealth

b)

gold

c)

silver

34.

Definition: "The right to choose your own religion."

a)

Islam

b)

Christianity

c)

Hinduism

d)

religious freedom

35.

Definition: "a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area."

a)

farmers

b)

settlers

c)

pioneers

36.

Definition: "country or area under the full or partial political control of another country."

a)

farm

b)

country

c)

colony

37.

Definition: "dying from hunger"

a)

starvation

b)

hungry

c)

thirsty

38.

Definition: "lasting, not going away"

a)

Permanent

b)

Temporary

39.

Definition: "something a person has a claim to (freedom of speech)"

a)

Right

b)

Wrong

40.

Definition: " a government run by elected officials. The United States has a representative government."

a)

National Government

b)

Representative Government

41.

Definition: " the people in government who make decisions for the people who elect (vote) for them"

a)

Liberators

b)

Representatives

42.

Definition: "the law making body in the Virginia Colony"

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

House of Pain

43.

Definition: "treated badly and unfairly, usually because of religion, politics or race"

a)

Persecuted

b)

Rewarded

44.

Definition: "the Mayflower colonists"

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Native Americans

45.

Definition: "a government that gets its power from the people, not from kings or from force"

a)

Self-government

b)

Imperial Government

46.

Definition: "the people who travel in a ship, plane, train or bus"

a)

Driver

b)

Passengers

47.

Definition: "a group of English colonists who wanted religious freedom"

a)

Puritans

b)

Catholics

48.

Definition: "A business who gets money from the King of England to set up a colony and make money from the colony"

a)

Massachusetts Bay Company

b)

Maryland Crab Depot

49.

Definition: "A island country in western Europe"

a)

Britain

b)

Russia

50.

Definition: "Highest law making group in Britain."

a)

Parliament

b)

The Queen

51.

Definition: "The money people must pay to a government"

a)

loans

b)

taxes

52.

Definition: "having someone in government speak for you."

a)

Representation

b)

Employee

53.

Definition: "(killing of a large number of people who cannot defend themselves)"

a)

Massacre

b)

Baptism

54.

Definition: "Publicly show strong opinions against something"

a)

Protesting

b)

Comply

55.

Definition: "using soldiers and guns to make people do something"

a)

Force

b)

Peace

56.

Definition: " a war against your own government"

a)

Revolution

b)

Resign

57.

Definition: "British troops during the American Revolution"

a)

bluecoats

b)

redcoats

58.

Definition: "Many colonial farmers and businessmen who armed themselves to fight for America's independence"

a)

minuteman

b)

secondman

59.

Definition: "A group of leaders from all over the American colonies met in Philadelphia in 1774."

a)

the Continental Congress

b)

the Senatorial Convergence

60.

Definition: to get in trouble

a)

punished

b)

rewarded

61.

The "legislature" is...

a)

the people who make laws.

b)

the police

c)

the president

62.

The federal government is ...

a)

responsible for the whole country.

b)

responsible for the states.

c)

responsible for nothing.

63.

The state government is...

a)

in charge of the whole country.

b)

in charge of each state.

c)

in charge of nothing.

64.

Enforce is when...

a)

you make someone follow the rules.

b)

you let someone do whatever they want.

c)

you work out to get stronger.

65.

Unite is when ...

a)

people are torn apart.

b)

people work together.

c)

people leave the country and never come back.

66.

A compromise is when ...

a)

people give up something in order to agree.

b)

people never agree on anything.

c)

people argue with each other.

67.

A "representative" is someone who ...

a)

orders you around

b)

speaks for you

c)

ignores you

68.

Representation is when...

a)

someone lies to you about something important.

b)

someone speaks on behalf of you in front of other people.

c)

someone takes all your money.

69.

"Population" is ....

a)

the amount of people in one area

b)

the distance between the capital and someone's home

c)

the size of a country