Ch.3 and Ch.8 Vocabulary

Question 1

Slaves

Answer 1

People brought from Africa to work in plantations in the American South.

Question 2

Slave Catcher

Answer 2

Someone who chased after runaway slaves.

Question 3

Someone who chased after runaway slaves.

Answer 3

Slave Catcher

Question 4

Overseer

Answer 4

Someone who supervised slaves.

Question 5

Underground Railroad

Answer 5

Name give to the system of escape routes for slaves.

Question 6

Conductor

Answer 6

Someone who helped guide escaping slaves to freedom.

Question 7

Someone who helped guide escaping slaves to freedom.

Answer 7

Conductor

Question 8

Harriet Tubman

Answer 8

Called ‘Moses’ by many.

Question 9

Nat Turner

Answer 9

Led a bloody slave rebellion.

Question 10

Led a bloody slave rebellion.

Answer 10

Nat Turner

Question 11

Drinking Gourd

Answer 11

Coded term for the Big Dipper.

Question 12

Stationmaster

Answer 12

Someone who owned a safe house for escaping slaves.

Question 13

Someone who owned a safe house for escaping slaves.

Answer 13

Stationmaster

Question 14

Middle Passage

Answer 14

Term for the journey from Africa to America.

Question 15

Head Tax

Answer 15

A fee charged to Chinese Immigrants.

Question 16

A fee charged to Chinese Immigrants.

Answer 16

Head Tax

Question 17

Immigration

Answer 17

Coming into a country.

Question 18

Emigration

Answer 18

Exiting a country.

Question 19

Prejudice

Answer 19

Forming a fixed opinion about people without really getting to know them.

Question 20

Homestead

Answer 20

A piece of land claimed by immigrant settlers for farming.

Question 21

A piece of land claimed by immigrant settlers for farming.

Answer 21

Homestead

Question 22

American Revolution

Answer 22

A war between Great Britain and the American Colonies.

Question 23

American Civil War

Answer 23

‘Confederate’ states in the south battled Northern states in the United States.

Question 24

Hutterites

Answer 24

Agrarian religious group who came to Canada to flee religious persecution.

Question 25

Agrarian religious group who came to Canada to flee religious persecution.

Answer 25

Hutterites

Question 26

A war between Great Britain and the American Colonies.

Answer 26

American Revolution

Question 27

‘Confederate’ states in the south battled Northern states in the United States.

Answer 27

American Civil War

Question 28

Pacifists

Answer 28

People who do not believe in war and refuse to take part.

Question 29

‘Push” factors

Answer 29

Reasons that lead people to make the decision to leave their birth country.

Question 30

‘Pull’ factors

Answer 30

Reasons that lead people to choose a particular country to which to move to.

Question 31

Transportation

Answer 31

Moving people and goods.

Question 32

Communication

Answer 32

Moving ideas and information.

Question 33

Media

Answer 33

Plural of the Latin word ‘medium’, a way in which something is communicated (books, radio, TV, etc…)

Question 34

Biased

Answer 34

Some of the things we read and see may be expressing an unfair opinion based on very little information, or information just on one side of an issue or topic.