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8th Gr Am. History Unit 2

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the definition to the term

a)

distinct religious group

1.

denomination

b)

skilled craftspeople, such as blacksmiths & cabinet makers

2.

artisans

c)

large group of families that claim a common ancestor

3.

clans

d)

plant that produces a deep blue dye

4.

indigo

e)

people who watch over & direct the work of slaves

5.

overseers

2.

Match the definition to the term

a)

crops to be sold for money

1.

cash crops

b)

shared land where public activities took place

2.

common

c)

producing just enough food for one's needs

3.

subsistence farming

d)

importing & exporting goods illegally

4.

smuggling

e)

point at which waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver

5.

fall line

3.

Match the definition to the term

a)

person who disagrees with an official church

1.

dissenter

b)

to mistreat

2.

persecute

c)

acceptance of different opinions

3.

tolerance

d)

to force someone to leave a place

4.

banish

e)

person rewarded with a large land grant for brining 50 settlers to New Netherland

5.

patroon

4.

Match the definition to the term

a)

group of people who belong to the same church

1.

congregation

b)

land grant given to one who could pay his or her way to the colonies

2.

head right

c)

one who worked for a set time without pay in exchange for a free passage to America

3.

indentured servant

d)

company funded by a group of investors

4.

joint-stock company

e)

person who puts money into a project to earn a profit

5.

investor

5.

Match the definition to the term

a)

written contract giving the right to establish a colony

1.

charter

b)

colony rules by the king's appointed officiald

2.

royal colony

c)

colony governed by a single owner, or proprietor

3.

proprietary colony

d)

highest-ranking social group

4.

elite

e)

variety

5.

diversity

6.

Match the definition to the term

a)

distinct area of land

1.

region

b)

flat land along the coast

2.

Tidewater

c)

these wagons used wide wheels suitable for dirt roads; curved beds to prevent spilling when climbing hills

3.

Conestoga

7.

Match the following

a)

a Puritan dissenter who was banished from Massachusetts; she believed that the clergy were not the "elect" - those chosen by God for salvation

1.

Anne Hutchinson

b)

was the governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland

2.

Peter Stuyvsant

c)

was the Puritan leader who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

3.

John Winthrope

8.

Match the following

a)

leader of the Jamestown colony, was a soldier & adventurer who took control & brought the colony to order

1.

John Smith

b)

was the founder of England's first American colony

2.

Sir Walter Raleigh

c)

was a Catholic owner of the colony of Maryland

3.

Lord Baltimore