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