Ch 9 Vocabulary 2024-2025

What is the term for a person who buys land with the hope of selling it for a large profit?

• Agent

• Land Assessor

• Land Speculator

• Land Supervisor

Which term describes an order that has the force of law?

• Resolution

• Decree

• Skirmish

• Agreement

What is a tax on imported goods called?

• Duty

• Epidemic

• Repeal

• Commerce

What is the buying and selling of goods and services known as?

• Skirmishing

• Commerce

• Barter

• Market

What term is used for bringing goods from foreign countries?

• Export

• Import

• Duty

• Epidemic

What is a minor fight, usually during wartime, called?

• Skirmish

• Draw

• Resolution

• Disagreement

What is a formal statement of an opinion made by an official group?

• Epidemic

• Resolution

• Duty

• Dictator

What term describes a situation in which a disease spreads rapidly through a population?

• Repeal

• Commerce

• Epidemic

• Skirmish

What does it mean to recall or do away with a law?

• Repeal

• Decree

• Import

• Duty

What is a ruler with absolute power called?

• Land Speculator

• Dictator

• Resolution

• Epidemic