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STAAR quiz 2
Quiz for Friday
Question | Answer |
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Joint Stock Company | Business founded by a group of people who make an investment and share in profits and losses |
Colony | land claimed by a country in different areas of the world. |
Colonization | Settlement of the colony |
Mercantilism | Colony exists to benefit the mother country financially. maintains wealth by controlling trade |
Free Enterprise | Business compete for consumers who are free to decide whether to purchase goods. Government has little control |
Triangular Trade | Trade route that existed between the 13 colonies, Africa, and the West Indies. Traded rum, sugar and slaves |
Indentured Servant | Got passage to North America in exchange of work. Servants worked without pay for a certain period of time |
Slave | African American purchased to work for life on plantation |
Slave Trade | buying and selling of humans for forced labor |
Plantation System | Large farms that grew cash crops. The land was farmed by slaves who lived on land |
Cash Crops | Crops grown to sell |
Staple Crops | Crops that are always in demand |
Industry | Production of goods in a factory setting |
Tarrif | Tax placed on goods coming into the country |
Protective Tarrif | A tariff placed on foreign goods to protect domestic industry |
Bias | to show favoritism towards a group |
Monarchy | System of government in which power if held by a queen or king |
New England colonies | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire |
Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania |
Southern Coloines | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
Political Reasons | Issues relating to government and a citizen's relationship with the government. |
Economic Reasons | Issues relating to how people make money for their families, the production for goods and services |
Social Reasons | Issues relating society include people, language, religion, education, art, etc. |
Pilgrim | Person who wanted to separate from the Church of England. |
Puritan | Person who wanted to reform the Church of England |
Region | Area similar in climate, geographic features, and economies |
Grievance | Complaint |
Amend | Change |
Amendment | Constitutional Change |
Ratify | Officially accept |
Unalienable rights | Rights that all people possess, rights that the government cannot deny |
Liberty | Freedom |
Preamble | Introduction |
Civic virtue | putting the government duty ahead of personal desires |
Civic Duty | Responsibilities of citizenship includes voting, and paying taxes |
Civil disobendence | Rebelling against government not meeting your civi duties |
Abolish | To do away with, bring something to an end |
Abolitionist | Those against slavery |
Founding Fathers | Men who helped shape the U.S through ideas, documents, and leadership |
Political Party | Group of people with similar ideas about government |
Judicial Review | Allows the Supreme Court to declare laws unconstitutional |
Nullify | Declare legally void; invalidate |
States' rights | view that the states should hold more power than the Federal government |
Manifest Destiny | The belief that the U.S should spread from the sea to the shining sea (Pacific) |
Immigration | Moving from one country to another |
Innovation | New ways of doing things based on new discoveries |
Reform | To change |
Cede | to formally surrender, to give up |
Secede | To withdraw |
Union | Group of states formally united under one government |
Equality | Everyone, regardless of sex, race, or ethnicity, has equal rights |
Annex | To be added to a larger entity |
Naturalized Citizen | To take the legal steps and become a citizen |
Sectionalism | Making a section more important than the group |
Primary Source | A firsthand or eyewitness account of an event. |