Unit 2 Vocab Pretest

What is to refuse to do business with (or have contact with) a person, group, country, or product?

• Boycott
• Embargo
• Sanction
• Veto

What is a the study of government and power?

• Civics

• History
• Economics
• Sociology

What is the idea that a government's right to use power is justified only when agreed to by the people over which that power is exercised?

• Monarchy
• Oligarchy
• Consent of the Governed

• Anarchy

What was the body of delegates who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the colony-states that later became the United States of America?

• The House of Representatives
• The Senate
• The Supreme Court
• The Continental Congress

What was the official document by the Continental Congress explaining why the colonies were breaking away from England?

• The Magna Carta
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation

What is money that is owed?

• Profit
• Debt
• Income
• Asset

What is a tax on imports?

• Duty (or Tariff)

• Excise
• Income Tax
• Sales Tax

What is the the state of being the same?

• Equality
• Diversity
• Variety
• Disparity

What was the conflict between Great Britain and France to control the Ohio River Valley?

• The War of 1812
• The French and Indian War
• The American Revolutionary War
• The Hundred Years' War

What are complaints about being wronged?

• Right to Alter or Abolish Government

• Equality

• Inalienable Rights

• Grievances