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American History 7 Midterm

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What is a group's set of common beliefs, values, traditions, government, and language?
culture
What is an area of land that sticks out into a lake or ocean?
peninsula
This man,___ argued the people's undeniable right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
Thomas Jefferson
What movements was started when Martin Luther publicly criticized the Roman Catholic Church?
Protestant Reformation
A body of electors who represent the people's vote in choosing a president=__.
electorial college
The trade between the Americas, Asia and Europe is referred to as...?
Colubian Exchange
If someone is told to leave the countr, or return to their country of origin, they have been ___.
deported
Any Christian who is a non-catholic is a...?
Protestant
An action or decision that later serves as an example is a ___.
precedent
This document made the king subject to law.
Magna Carta
What is an area in the desert with a water source?
oasis
What does circumnavigate mean?
To travel around the world
What is an area of low land between hills or mountains?
valley
What was a water route through North America that would allow ships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific?
Northwest Passage
What is an inland body of water?
lake
The ___ was trade between the American colonies, Great Britian, and Africa. It was a system in which goods were traded.
Triangular Trade
What is a large area of slow moving ice?
glacier
What is an imaginary line that separated territory that Spain and Portugal could claim?
Line of Demarcation
What are two other words for a Redcoat?
Tories and Loyalist
What is a large part of the ocean that extends into land?
gulf
The __ __ of ____ created three levels of federal courts and defined their powers and relationships to the state courts.
Judiciary Act of 1789
This ordinance set up a system of surveying and dividing western lands to solve two problems: what to do with western lands and how to raise money to pay debts.
Land Ordinance of 1785
_____is the idea that political authority belongs to the people.
Popular Sovereignty
What are a group of islands called?
archipelago
The rebellion of the French people against their king is referred to as the _________, and it occured in the year ___.
1789
What isthmus did the Asians cross to get into America?
Bering Land Bridge
___were foreign soldiers who fought for pay, not out of loyalty.
Mercenaries
What are climates and landscapes that surround different things?
Environment
To make a request of the government=__.
petition
To cancel=To__
veto
What is a natural flow of water that runs through the land?
river
What were large farms that grew just one kind or crop?
Plantations
What is a narrow piece of land that connects two larger land areas?
isthmus
What is a large body of water?
ocean
Taxes on imports or exports are called ___.
tariffs

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