Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Lesson 2 SS quiz
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| export | a product sold to another country |
| import | a product bought from another country |
| mercantilism | a system of trade laws where government limited imports but increased manufacturing and exports. |
| Triangular Trade | A system in which goods and enslaved Africans were traded among the Americas |
| artisans | a person with a special set of skills such as basket weavers |
| classes | society groups based on their wealth or importance |
| gentry | persons of high social position |
| highest class | -large landowners -men who served in the government and could vote -Gentry |
| Middle class | -most of the colonists -trades such as blacksmiths, silversmiths -lawyers, doctors -most could vote |
| Lower Class | -did not own property -regular workers and servants -could not vote -indentured servants and apprentices -example: a farmer working on a small farm or a worker on a fishing boat |
| Enslaved Africans | Were considered lower than the lowest class |
| barter | to trade goods |
| raw materials | materials that go into a final product (indigo, wheat) |
Created by:
user-1501890
Popular Social Studies sets