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 are often used to mean the same thing.

Question 2

Colonial regions

Answer 2

Areas of North America were different kinds of colonies developed because of differences in climate and natural features , or geography. The three colonial regions were 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 economy includes a system of money and all the businesses, industries, farms, and so on that help to produce, sell, or trade things of value.

Question 4

Democratic

Answer 4

Controlled or run by a person 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 to power to rule over everyone else without being elected.

Question 5

Diverse

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Indentured servants

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Grant

Answer 7

To give someone something he or she has asked for. For example, the king Willam Penn the land called Pennsylvania.

Question 8

Assembly

Answer 8

A group of government officials who meet to make laws.