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8th Grade Social Studies 1st 6 Weeks Vocabulary

Quiz by Wendy Lathem

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  • Q1
    anything dealing with land and its physical features
    geographic
    30s
  • Q2
    good for farming and growing crops
    fertile
    30s
  • Q3
    anything that deals with the government and laws
    political
    30s
  • Q4
    people who wanted to clean up the practices of the church in England
    Puritans
    30s
  • Q5
    people who wanted to separate from the Church of England
    Separatists
    30s
  • Q6
    a business formed by a group of people who jointly make an investment and share in the profits and losses
    joint-stock company
    30s
  • Q7
    idea that people organize themselves (create governments) to secure mutual protection and ensure order among its members
    social contract
    30s
  • Q8
    the ability of people to make their own laws
    self-government
    30s
  • Q9
    group of people who were abolitionists, against war and believed in equality
    Quakers
    30s
  • Q10
    huge farms that required slave labor
    plantations
    30s
  • Q11
    a colony in which the proprietor, or owner, controlled the government
    proprietary colony
    30s
  • Q12
    a set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of a government
    constitution
    30s
  • Q13
    the lawmaking body in England
    Parliament
    30s
  • Q14
    a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas
    region
    30s
  • Q15
    anything dealing with people and their beliefs or culture
    social
    30s

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