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2nd Quarter Exam Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area




(a)  

2.

a system of basic rules and principles by which a government is organized





(a)  

3.

a form of government in which citizens hold power






(a)  

4.

a government in which all power is held by a single person or a small group







(a)  

5.

a form of government in which the state is ruled by a monarch








(a)  

6.

a system in which a central government makes all laws for the entire country

(a)  

7.

a system in which power is divided among central, regional, and local governments

(a)  

8.

a legal process by which immigrants become citizens




(a)  

9.

activities having to do with one's society and community




(a)  

10.

a legal member of a country




(a)  

11.

the process of a society becoming more democratic





(a)  

12.

a line marked off with a series of events and dates






(a)  

13.

the time before invented writing







(a)  

14.

a list of events in the order in which they occurred








(a)  

15.

a length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that happened during that time, also known as an era or epoch

(a)  

16.

information that comes directly from a person who experienced an event

(a)  

17.

an object or weapon made by a human being, such as a tool or a weapon

(a)  

18.

information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced that event

(a)  

19.

the scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence




(a)  

20.

the study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture





(a)  

21.

portable, cone-shaped home made by American Indians who lived on the Plains





(a)  

22.

domed house made from blocks of snow by American Indians who lived in the Arctic





(a)  

23.

feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern American Indian culture





(a)  

24.

a home made by northeastern American Indians formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats





(a)  

25.

a rectangular type of home built by northeastern American Indians made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds





(a)  

26.

an object made by a human being, such as a tool or a weapon





(a)  

27.

a long period of extremely dry weather





(a)  

28.

iroquois clan leader





(a)  

29.

political alliance of the five groups known as the five nations in the late 1500s





(a)  

30.

trade route believed to exist connecting Europe and Asia by sea through the Arctic Archipelago and around the northern coast of North America





(a)  

31.

english protestant who rejected the Church of England




(a)  

32.

colonial trade routes connecting Europe, its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for enslaved Africans


(a)  

33.

the leg of the triangular trade route on which enslaved Africans were transported from Africa to the Americas

(a)  

34.

revolt, especially of soldiers or sailors against their officers

(a)