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7th grade SS exam SG
7th grade Social Studies study guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambush | a surprise attack |
| Amendment | an addition to the Constitution |
| Apprentice | assistant who is assigned to learn something |
| Autocracy | a system of government by one person with absolute power. |
| Bicameral | having two branches or chambers. |
| Boycott | basicly a Strike |
| Budget Deficit | amount of money a government uses |
| Burgesses | elected representatives |
| Cabinet | the president's assistants |
| Cash crop | crops sold for money |
| Cede | give up by treaty |
| Charter | settlement document |
| Charter colony | settlement owned by a group |
| Circumnavigate | sail around the world |
| Columbian exchange | the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas |
| Committee of correspondance | political ideas |
| Constitution | formal plan of government |
| Cottin gin | machine used to make cotton |
| Effigy | a sculpture or model of a person. |
| Electoral college | people who elect the President |
| Executive branch | president |
| Executive order | have the full force of law, based on the authority derived from statute or the Constitution itself. |
| Export | to sell goods |
| Guerrilla warfare | hit and run tactics |
| Import | to buy goods |
| Indentured servant | men and women who signed a contract to work for a certain number of years, in return for transportation |
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