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Unit 8 Vocabulary - The Civil War

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank: _______ - a war between citizens of the same country.

a)

Civil War

b)

World War

c)

Cold War

d)

Revolutionary War

2.

Fill in the blank: _______ - a public or official announcement.

a)

Proclamation

b)

Declaration

c)

Notification

d)

Statement

3.

Fill in the blank: _______ – the principle that states a government’s power lies with the people.

a)

Popular sovereignty

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Totalitarianism

4.

Fill in the blank: _______ – rights guaranteed to the states under the principle of federalism.

a)

States’ rights

b)

Federal rights

c)

Individual rights

d)

Community rights

5.

Fill in the blank: _______ - Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.

a)

Rebel

b)

Union

c)

Patriot

d)

Loyalist

6.

Fill in the blank: _______ - Union soldiers were called this during the Civil War.

a)

Yankee

b)

Rebel

c)

Confederate

d)

Johnny Reb

7.

Fill in the blank: _______ - loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Federalism

d)

Patriotism

8.

Fill in the blank: _______ - physical features of a land surface in a place or region.

a)

Topography

b)

Geography

c)

Cartography

d)

Geology

9.

Fill in the blank: _______ - a tax placed on goods coming from another country, to make people choose locally made items instead of foreign made ones.

a)

Tariff

b)

Subsidy

c)

Quota

d)

Embargo

10.

A city environment with many people and buildings is known as:

a)

Urban

b)

Rural

c)

Suburban

d)

Countryside

11.

Fill in the blank: _______ - An area with few homes or people.

a)

Rural

b)

Urban

c)

Suburban

d)

Metropolitan

12.

Fill in the blank: _______ - Growing crops and raising animals.

a)

Agricultural

b)

Industrial

c)

Technological

d)

Commercial

13.

Fill in the blank: _______ – Making goods using natural, human, and capital resources in factory settings, with many workers.

a)

Manufacturing

b)

Agriculture

c)

Retail

d)

Construction

14.

Fill in the blank: _______ – The act of being joined together, and a term used to refer to the Northern states during the Civil War.

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

c)

Alliance

d)

Coalition

15.

Fill in the blank: _______ - A middle way between two extremes.

a)

Compromise

b)

Extremism

c)

Indifference

d)

Radicalism

16.

Fill in the blank: _______ - Someone who has escaped from a place or has gone into hiding.

a)

Fugitive

b)

Refugee

c)

Prisoner

d)

Nomad

17.

Fill in the blank: _______ - to pull out or withdraw from.

a)

Secede

b)

Proceed

c)

Recede

d)

Exceed

18.

Fill in the blank: _______ – Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 – 1861.

a)

Confederacy

b)

Union

c)

Republic

d)

Federation

19.

Fill in the blank: _______ – Setting someone free from the power or control of another person.

a)

Emancipation

b)

Incarceration

c)

Subjugation

d)

Domination