4 th Grade Social Studies Ch. 6 Vocabulary Mrs. Thornburg’s version
Vocabulary Terms in 4 th Grade Social Studies Ch. 6 ProprietorRepresentative Free Market EconomyCost Free EnterpriseBenefit LegislatureTreaty PlantationLaborer ApprenticeArtisan OverseerSpiritual DebtorIndigo Refuge
What do we call a group of people with the power to make and change laws?
Legislature
What do we call an African American religious folk song?
Spiritual
What do we call a person who owned and controlled all of the land in a colony?
Proprietor
What is another word for business?
Free Enterprise
What is another word for gain or advantage?
Benefit
What do we call a person who does hard physical work?
Laborer
What do we call someone who is chosen to speak and act for others?
Representative
What do we call a system where the people, not the government, decide what will be produced?
Free Market Economy
What do we call an official agreement between nations or groups?
Treaty
What do we call a plant that can be made into a dark blue dye?
Indigo
What do we call someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business?
Apprentice
What do we call a person who watches and directs the work of other people?
Overseer
What do we call someone who owes money?
Debtor
What do we call a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm?
Plantation
What is another name for a safe place?
Refuge
What is another word for loss or sacrifice?
Cost
What do we call a person who is skilled at making something by hand?
Artisan