Vocab
This term means the system where people vote or have a say in how they are governed.
What is democracy?
This group was forcibly brought to Colonial America and retained distinct cultural traditions like storytelling, music, and foodways.
Who are enslaved Africans
This early agreement, signed by the Pilgrims in 1620, is an example of self-government in Colonial America.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
As European settlers moved into North America, this Indigenous group was one of many whose land and way of life were disrupted.
Who are Native Americans
In a market, people who make goods or provide services are called this.
Who are producers?
This term refers to the movement of people from one place to another, often for better opportunities or freedom.
What is migration?
The exchange of furs between Native Americans and European settlers is an example of this kind of interaction during European exploration.
What is trade or bartering?
When citizens believe a law is unfair, they may use this democratic process to request a change.
What is petitioning, voting, or protesting?
European settlers and Native Americans often clashed over this key resource, leading to many conflicts.
What is land?
When demand for a product goes up but supply stays the same, this usually happens to the price.
What is increase?
In economics, this word describes when people focus on making one kind of product or service really well.
What is specialization?
This mountain range created a natural barrier to westward expansion and influenced settlement patterns in the Thirteen Colonies.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This term describes a government ruled by a king or queen, often without citizen input.
What is a monarchy?
Many settlers moved to the colonies in search of this, which meant freedom to follow their own religion
What is religious freedom?
When communities trade goods and services with one another, they become more this—meaning they depend on each other.
What is interdependent?
This geographic term describes land features like mountains, rivers, and valleys that affect how people live and move.
What are landforms?
In both Colonial America and modern Kentucky, this innovation in transportation made it easier to move goods and people over long distances.
What is the steamboat or the railroad?
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first example of this in Colonial America.
What is a representative democracy?
This Native American leader helped early settlers at Jamestown survive by establishing trade and brief peace between his people and the colonists.
Who is Powhatan?
In Colonial Kentucky, pioneers used these natural resources to produce goods like furniture, cabins, and tools.
What is trees, lumber, or wood?
This civics term refers to a written request signed by many people to show support for a change in law or policy.
What is a petition?
This valuable cash crop, grown in the Southern Colonies, influenced both the economy and the increase in forced labor during the Colonial period.
What is tobacco?
When citizens volunteer, vote, or help in their community, they are practicing this important democratic idea.
What is being a good citizen?
The founding of Jamestown in 1607 eventually led to this cash crop becoming a major export and shaping the colony's economy.
What is tobacco?
When settlers had to choose between farming land near rivers or traveling farther for gold, they were weighing this economic concept.
What is opportunity cost?