Colonial Vocabulary Challenge Respectfully Submitted by Mr. C. Stephen Ingraham

The waterway through or around North America is called. a) Strait of Magellan b) All water Route c) Triangular trade d) Northwest Passage. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The French words meaning “ Runner of the woods ” a) Patroon Patron b) coureur de bois c) ecomienda creole d) burgess Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The Spanish word for “ Conqueror ” is a) ecomienda b) messtizo c) creole d) conquistador. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A Spanish fort that housed soldiers a) Burgess b) Patroon c) Gentry d) Presidio. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A religious settlement run by Catholic Priests & Friars in Spanish colonies. a) Presidio b) Mission c) Patroon d) Burgess Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A person sent from Spain to rule the Spanish Colonies a) ecomienda b) messtizo c) creole d) peninsulare. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A person born in the Americas to Spanish parents. a) ecomienda b) messtizo c) creole d) conquistador. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A person in the Spanish colonies of mixed Spanish & Native American backgrounds. a) ecomienda b) messtizo c) creole d) conquistador. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans in Spanish Colonies is known as a) ecomienda b) messtizo c) creole d) conquistador. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A large estate farmed by many workers. a) borderland b) backcountry c) cash crop d) plantation Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The bufferland between Spanish & English (& French) colonies a) borderland b) backcountry c) cash crop d) plantation Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company a) Religious Freedom b) Tolerance c) Representative Government d) Charter. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A representative to colonial assembly of Virginia a) Quaker b) Patroon c) Burgess d) peninsulare Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The system where voters elect people to make laws for them a) Religious Freedom b) Tolerance c) Representative Government d) Charter. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The liberty to practice your religion a) Religious Freedom b) Tolerance c) Representative Government d) Charter Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The willingness to let others practice their own beliefs a) Religious Freedom b) Tolerance c) Representative Government d) Charter Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The Protestant reformers who settled in Pennsylvania a) Quaker b) Patroon c) Burgess d) peninsulare Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A contract or agreement is also known as a) burgess b) compact c) import d) patron. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A rich landowner in the Dutch colonies. a) Quaker b) Patroon c) Burgess d) peninsulare. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

An English colony in which the King gave land to people in exchange for a yearly payment. a) Mission b) Presidio c) Proprietary colony d) back country Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The surplus of crops sold for money on the world market a) borderland b) backcountry c) cash crop d) plantation Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The economic theory that a nation ’ s strength came from building up its gold supplies and expanding its trade. a) import b) export c) mercantilism d) triangular trade Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

When trade goods are brought into the colonies. a) import b) export c) mercantilism d) triangular trade Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

When trade goods sent to markets outside a country. a) import b) export c) mercantilism d) triangular trade Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The colonial trade route between New England, Africa, & West Indies a) import b) export c) mercantilism d) triangular trade Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A group of people with the power to make laws in the colonies a) Patroon b) Burgess c) Legislature d) Quaker. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The highest social class in the 13 English Colonies a) gentry b) apprentice c) indentured servant d) patron. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A person who signs a contract to work for a certain length of time in exchange for passage to the colonies. a) gentry b) apprentice c) indentured servant d) patron Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A school supported by taxes. a) Church School b) Charter School c) Private School d) Public School Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

A person who learns a trade or craft from master craftworker a) gentry b) apprentice c) indentured servant d) patron. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

Laws that controlled slave behavior & denied basic rights. a) Racism b) Law of the Indies c) Slave Code d) Legislature. Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

The belief that one race is superior to another is called. a) Racism b) Law of the Indies c) Slave Code d) Legislature Colonial Vocabulary Challenge

An area along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains a) borderland b) backcountry c) cash crop d) plantation Colonial Vocabulary Challenge