Key Terms 4

Question 1

Checks and Balances

Answer 1

The provisions in the U.S Constitution that prevent any branch of the U.S government from dominating the other two branches

Question 2

Congress

Answer 2

National legislative branch; made up of House of Reps. and Senate

Question 3

Senate

Answer 3

Upper house of the national legislature

Question 4

House of Reprensentatives

Answer 4

Lower House of the National legislature

Question 5

Bill of Rights

Answer 5

The first amendments to the U.S Constitution, added in 1791 and consisting of a formal list of citizen’s rights and freedom

Question 6

Republic

Answer 6

A government in which the citizens rule through elected representatives

Question 7

Articles of Confederation

Answer 7

A document, adopted by the second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781 that outlined the form of governments and homeless people-thus earning them their name

Question 8

Federalism

Answer 8

A political system in which a national government and constituent units, such as state governments share power

Question 9

Common Sense

Answer 9

a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, published in 1776, that called for separation of the colonies from Britain

Question 10

John Locke

Answer 10

English philosopher who believed people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

Question 11

Triangular Trade

Answer 11

The transatlantic system of trade in which goods and people, including slaves were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies and the colonies in North America

Question 12

Middle Passage

Answer 12

The voyage that brought enslaved africans to the West Indies and later to North Carolina.

Question 13

Enlightenment

Answer 13

An 18th Century intellectual movement that emphasized the use of reason and the scientific method as means of obtaining knowledge

Question 14

French and Indian War

Answer 14

A conflict in North America lasting from 1754 to 1763, that was a part of a worldwide struggle between France and Britain that ended with the defeat of France and the Transfer of French Canada to Britain

Question 15

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 15

an order in which Britain prohibited its American Colonists from setting west of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 16

Jamestown

Answer 16

First permanent English settlement in North America

Question 17

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 17

A system in which the residents vote to decide an issue

Question 18

Columbian Exchange

Answer 18

The transfer beginning with Columbus first voyage- of plants, animals, and diseases between the western hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere

Question 19

Nomadic

Answer 19

Having no fixed home, moving from place to place according to seasons and availability of food and water

Question 20

Great Awakening

Answer 20

A powerful religious revival known as the Great Awakening occurred in the British North American colonies from the 1720s to the 1740s. The revival was a movement among Protestant Christians who were reacting to a number of religious conditions in the colonies.

Question 21

Two Party System

Answer 21

A two-party system is a party system where two major political parties dominate the government. One of the two parties typically holds a majority in the legislature and is usually referred to as the majority or governing party while the other is the minority or opposition party.