Chapter 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

apprentice

Answer 1

a person who learns a craft or trade by working with a skilled member of that craft or trade (page 129)

Question 2

common school

Answer 2

a colonial elementary school
(page 129)

Question 3

religious freedom

Answer 3

the right to practice the
religion of one’s choosing without
government interference (page 126)

Question 4

smuggle

Answer 4

to import or export goods illegally (page 125)

Question 5

Navigation Acts

Answer 5

a series of laws passed by the
English Parliament to protect English
shipping by restricting the transport of
goods to and from the English colonies
(page 125)

Question 6

provisions

Answer 6

the supplies of food, water, and other
items needed for a journey (page 124)

Question 7

subsistence farming

Answer 7

the practice of producing enough food for a farmer and his family but not enough to sell for profit (page 123)

Question 8

artisan

Answer 8

a person skilled at making things by hand (page 136)

Question 9

backcountry

Answer 9

the western part of the Southern Colonies just east of the Appalachian Mountains (page 134)

Question 10

cash crop

Answer 10

a crop grown for sale rather than for use by farmers (page 132)

Question 11

indigo

Answer 11

a plant that produces a blue dye for cloth (page 132)

Question 12

overseer

Answer 12

a supervisor (page 134)

Question 13

Piedmont

Answer 13

a relatively flat area between the Appalachian Mountains and the coastal plain (page 134)

Question 14

Stono Rebellion

Answer 14

a 1739 revolt by enslaved Africans against their owners (page 137)

Question 15

arable

Answer 15

able to grow crops; fertile (page 140)

Question 16

commodity

Answer 16

a trade good (page 142)

Question 17

Conestoga wagon

Answer 17

a kind of wagon, made by German settlers in North America, that could carry heavy loads (page 143)

Question 18

conformity

Answer 18

an obedience to a set of beliefs (page 144)

Question 19

diversity

Answer 19

a wide variety (page 143)

Question 20

gristmill

Answer 20

a building that houses machinery for grinding grain (page 140)

Question 21

tolerance

Answer 21

the acceptance of others (page 144)

Question 22

burgeon

Answer 22

to grow quickly (page 146)

Question 23

Enlightenment

Answer 23

an intellectual movement that
emphasized the use of reason to
examine previously accepted beliefs
(page 149)

Question 24

Great Awakening

Answer 24

a series of Protestant religious revivals that swept across the American colonies (page 148)

Question 25

libel

Answer 25

the publishing of lies (page 152)

Question 26

midwife

Answer 26

a person who is trained to help deliver babies (page 146)

Question 27

natural rights

Answer 27

rights such as life or liberty that a
person is born with (page 149)

Question 28

Parliament

Answer 28

the legislative body of England, and, later, Great Britain (page 150)

Question 29

salutary neglect

Answer 29

the policy of the British government to not strictly enforce its colonial policies (page 151)

Question 30

salvation

Answer 30

the act of being forgiven for wrongdoings or sins (page 148)

Question 31

trading post

Answer 31

a small settlement established for
the purpose of exchanging goods
(page 155)

Question 32

treaty

Answer 32

a peace agreement (page 158)