SS Ch. 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

British

Answer 1

Coming from, located in, or related to Great Britain.

Question 2

Colonial regions

Answer 2

Areas in North America where different kinds of colonies developed because of differences made in climate and natural features.

Question 3

Economy

Answer 3

The way that a particular region or country organizes the manufacture and Exchange such things, food, products and services.

Question 4

Democratic

Answer 4

Control around 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.

Question 5

Diverse

Answer 5

Different from each other.

Question 6

Indentured servants

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Plantations

Answer 7

A usually large area of privately owned land, where crops were grown with the labor of workers or slaves that lived there.

Question 8

New England Colonies

Answer 8

The New England Colonies were the settlements established by English religious dissenters along the coast of the north-east of North America between 1620-1640 CE.

Question 9

Middle Colonies

Answer 9

The middle colonies included Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. Advantaged by their central location, the middle colonies served as important distribution centers in the English mercantile system.

Question 10

Southern Colonies

Answer 10

The four colonies that were southern most.