Roots of Democratic Government
An Age of Exploration
Commerce and Colonies
The 13 Colonies
Definitions
100
A system of government in which an assembly of ordinary citizens make decisions.
What is direct democracy?
100
An Italian sailor who believed that sailing across the Atlantic Ocean would provide a quicker way to reach Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The pilgrims called their colony this.
What is Plymouth?
100
Who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Who are the Puritans?
100
Another word for mapmakers.
What is cartographers?
200
What group forced England's King John to sign the Magna Carta?
Who are English nobles?
200
In 1507, it first appeared on the map.
What is America?
200
This disease was spread by mosquitoes which effected the Jamestown Colony.
What is Malaria?
200
Farms were smaller because of the hills, valleys, and harsh climate.
What is New England?
200
A written list of freedom that a government promises to protect.
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
Under the Magna Carta, nobles formed a Great Council to advise the king. Later, this council created what?
What is the Parliament?
300
It brought American crops to the rest of the world.
What is the Colombian Exchange?
300
This document declares, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".
What is the United States Constitution?
300
What area had mild climate and a longer growing season.
What are the middle colonies?
300
A political system in which voters elect others to make laws.
What is a Representative Government?
400
It took centuries to spread throughout Europe.
What is Christianity and Judaism?
400
The Native Americans were effected by this disease(s).
What are smallpox and influenza?
400
They benefited from the rise of wealth and trade.
What are European rulers?
400
It was established in 1964 as a haven for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
400
A large estate farmed by many workers.
What is a plantation.
500
A panel of citizens who make judgments in a trial.
What is a jury?
500
A large estate farmed by many workers.
What is a plantation?
500
What age believed that wealth was based mostly on land rather than money?
What are Middle Ages?
500
It was discovered by American merchants and its success led to many more.
What are trade routes?
500
Is the right of all individuals to follow their own religious beliefs.
What is religious freedom?
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