SS Chapter 7 Vocabulary

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• a lawmaking body like the House of Burgesses

• assembly

• a person who governs a place

• charter

• a charter to establish a colony

• governor

What is the term for 'the making or passing of laws'?

• legislation

• judiciary

• execution

• arbitration

What is the term for 'a volunteer military force'?

• militia

• regiment

• battalion

• brigade

The term for 'members of the assembly' is (a)  

• delegates
• spectators
• officers
• judges

What is the term for 'a town officer in charge of keeping order'?

• constable

• mayor

• clerk

• bailiff

What is the term for 'the betrayal of one's country by giving help to an enemy'?

• treason

• patriotism

• loyalty

• diplomacy

The term for 'the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves' is (a)  

• slave trade
• free trade
• indentured servitude
• mercantilism

What is the term for 'an account of a person's life written by that person'?

• autobiography

• biography

• memoir

• novel

What is the term for 'colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years'?

• indentured servants

• pilgrims

• planters

• merchants

What is the term for 'people from Africa who were forced to give up their freedom and spend their lives obeying and working for their "owners," or masters. They were treated as property that could be bought and sold.'?

• enslaved captives (Africans)

• indentured servants

• explorers

• merchants