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Social Studies Exam
7th Grade Study Guide
| Vocabulary | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambush | a suprise attack |
| Amendment | an addition to a formal document such as the constitution |
| Apprentice | assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled crasftsman |
| Autocracy | government in which one person has unlimited power |
| Bicameral | consisting of 2 houses, especially in legislature |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy stuff from a certain country |
| Budget Deficit | the amount by which gov. spending exceeds revenue |
| Burgesses | elected rep. to an assembly |
| Cabinet | a group of advisors to the pres. |
| Cash Crop | crop raised to be sold for money |
| Cede | to give up by treaty |
| Charter | a doc. that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area |
| Charter Colony | colony established by a group of people with a charter |
| Circumnavigation | to sail around the world |
| Columbian Exchange | exchange of stuff between the americas and europe |
| Committee of Correspondence | an organization that spreads political ideas through the colonies |
| Constitution | a formal plan of gov. |
| Cotton Gin | a machine that removes seeds from cotton fibers |
| Effigy | rag figure representing an unpopular figure |
| Electoral College | a group of voters selected by their state's voters to vote for the pres. and vice pres. |
| Executive Branch | the branch of gov., headed by the pres. that carries out the nations laws and polocies |
| Executive Order | a rule issued by a chief executive that has the force of law |
| Export | to sell goods abroad |
| Guerrilla Warfare | a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war |
| Import | to buy goods from foreign markets |
| Indentured Servant | laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to anerica |
| Iroquois Confederation | a group of native americans in the eastern u.s. ( mohawk, seneca, cayuga, onondaga, oneida ) |
| Joint-Stock Company | a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profit |
| Judicial Branch | a branch of gov., consisting of the federal court system, that interprets the nations laws |
| Judicial Review | to determine if a law violates the constitution |
| Legislative Branch | a branch of gov., that makes the nation laws |
| Loyalists | american colonists who remained loyal to britian |
| Mayflower Compact | a doc. written in 1620, that provided law and order to the plymouth colony |
| Mercantilism | the theory that a nations power depended on its wealth |
| Militia | a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies |
| Minutemen | companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight in a minutes notice |
| Patriots | american colonists who were determined to fight Britain until america had independance |
| Pilgrims | separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose |
| Proprietary Colony | colony run by individuals to whom land was granted |
| Puritans | protestants who wanted to reform the anglican church |
| Royal Colony | colony run by a gov. and a council appointed by the king or queen |
| Separatists | protestants who wanted to leave the anglican church to found their own church |
| Smuggling | trading illegally with other countries |
| Tariff | a tax on imports/exports |
| Terrorism | the use of violence by groups against civilians to achieve a political goal |
| Triangular Trade | trade route between west indies, american colonies, and west africa |
| Veto | to reject a bill |
| Writ of Assistance | legal doc. that enabled officers to search homes for goods that might be smuggled |
| Yeoman | southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people |
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