Chapter 7 vocabulary

Question 1

British

Answer 1

Coming from, located in, or related to Great Britain (for example, the British government or the British army). The most important part of Great Britain is the country of England. For this reason, British and English often used to mean the same thing.

Question 2

Colonial regions

Answer 2

Areas in North America were different kinds of colonies developed because of differences in climate and natural features, or geography. The three colonial regions were the New England, Middle, and southern regions.

Question 3

Economy

Answer 3

The way that a particular region or country organizes the manufacture and exchange of such things as money,food,products,and services. An economy includes a system of money and all the businesses, industries, farms, and so on the help to produce, sell , or trade things of value.

Question 4

Democratic

Answer 4

Controlled or run by people themselves, with each person having an equal say. In democratic governments, people usually elect representatives to make laws for them, and every persons vote counts equally. In some other kinds of governments, one person or a few people have the power to rule over everyone else without being elected.

Question 5

Diverse

Answer 5

Different from each other. For example, the people who settled in the Middle colonies were very diverse.

Question 6

Indentured servants

Answer 6

Individuals who agree to work for a period of time in exchange for free passage for Europe.

Question 7

Grant

Answer 7

To give to someone something he or she has to ask for. For example, the king granted William Penn the land called Pennsylvania.

Question 8

Assembly

Answer 8

A group of government officials who meet to make laws.