STAAR Vocabulary Practice
Quiz by Tara Carson
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)
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- Q1Include increase wealth (gold), expand empire (glory) and spread Christianity (God).Reasons for exploration30s
- Q2claimed Florida, Texas, California & built missionsSpain30s
- Q3claimed land in New World to profit from fur tradingFrance30s
- Q4fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, harborsNew England Economy30s
- Q5Depended on plantations(large farms) producing large amounts of cash crops, especially rice and tobacco.Southern Colonies Economy30s
- Q6English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preach a doctrine of pacifism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded PennsylvaniaQuakers30s
- Q7a place for Catholics to live peacefullyMaryland30s
- Q8distance from Britain; town meetings; Mayflower Compact; Virginia House of Burgesses; Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutReasons for Growth of Representative/Self Government30s
- Q9law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian MountainsProclamation of 176330s
- Q10The idea that government derives its authority by sanction of the people.Consent of the government30s
- Q11in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty housesIntolerable Acts30s
- Q12life, liberty, and the pursuit of happinessUnalienable Rights30s
- Q13The turning point of the American Revolution. France decided to help the Americans.Saratoga30s
- Q141st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)Articles of Confederation30s
- Q15Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 statesNorthwest Ordinance30s