American Rev. Vocab #2 Lilly #4

Question 1

Ammunition

Answer 1

The material fired, scattered, or dropped from any weapon, such as bomb or rocks, and especially shot, shrapnel, bullets, or shells fired by guns

Question 2

Ambush

Answer 2

The act of attacking unexpectedly from a secret hidden position

Question 3

Aresenal

Answer 3

A place of storage for guns, cannons, ammunition, and other military equipment

Question 4

Blockade

Answer 4

The closing off, or surrounding, of a place, usually a port, harbor, or city, to prevent entrance or exit

Question 5

Coropal

Answer 5

A military officer ranking above a Private First Class and below a sergeant

Question 6

Desert

Answer 6

To leave without intending to return, especially in violation of military duty

Question 7

Hessians

Answer 7

German soldiers who were hired to serve along with the British Army suing the American Revolutionary War

Question 8

Militia

Answer 8

A group of citizens enrolled for military service but serving full time only in emergencies

Question 9

Minuteman

Answer 9

A group of colonial militia who pledged to be ready to fight the British “at a minute’s notice”

Question 10

Mercenary

Answer 10

A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army

Question 11

Plunder

Answer 11

To rob goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, etc.

Question 12

Private

Answer 12

A soilder with the lowest rank

Question 13

Privateer

Answer 13

An armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight

Question 14

Propaganda

Answer 14

Information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

Question 15

Rations

Answer 15

A fixed allowance or provisions of food, especially for soldiers, sailors, or civilians during a shortage

Question 16

Regiment

Answer 16

Military. A unit of ground forces, consisting of two or more battalions or battle groups, a headquarters unit, and certain supporting units

Question 17

Smallpox

Answer 17

Deadly and very contagious measles-like a disease that killed or permanently scarred many people during the eighteenth century. Many soldiers received a vaccine against this disease

Question 18

Treaty

Answer 18

A formal agreement between two or more countries signed be representative. Treaties, in particular end disagreements in wars

Question 19

Vessel

Answer 19

A craft for traveling on water, usually larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or a boat