Social Studies Chapter 5 And Six Vocabulary "New England, Southern, And Middle Colonies"

Question 1

Backcountry

Answer 1

The backcountry was in the back of the area where are most colonists settled

Question 2

Self government

Answer 2

This means that people made laws for themselves

Question 3

Dissenter

Answer 3

This is a person who does not agree with the believes of his or her leaders

Question 4

Banish

Answer 4

To banish means to force someone to leave

Question 5

Industry

Answer 5

And industry is all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service

Question 6

Export

Answer 6

And export is a product sent to another country and sold

Question 7

Import

Answer 7

And import is a product brought into one country from another

Question 8

Proprietor

Answer 8

A proprietor was a person who owned and controlled all the land in the colony

Question 9

Representative

Answer 9

This is someone who is chosen to speak for others

Question 10

Treaty

Answer 10

A treaty is an official agreement between nations or groups

Question 11

Free market economy

Answer 11

In a free market economy, the people, not the government, decide what will be produced

Question 12

Free enterprise

Answer 12

This is another word for business

Question 13

Artisan

Answer 13

These people made items such as silver spoons and boots

Question 14

Laborer

Answer 14

This is a person who does hard physical work

Question 15

Apprentice

Answer 15

This is someone who studies with a master to learn a skill

Question 16

Plantation

Answer 16

This is a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm

Question 17

Legislature

Answer 17

this is a group of people with the power to change the laws

Question 18

Refuge

Answer 18

This is a safe place

Question 19

Debtor

Answer 19

This is a person who owes money

Question 20

Tidewater

Answer 20

The water in the rivers and streams rises and falls every day with the oceans tides