Social Studies Basics
This type of source must be created during the time period in which the event occurs.
What is "primary"?
This was the period of "rebirth" that flourished after Asia and Europe reconnected after the Crusades.
What is the "renaissance"?
This type of farming provides only the things that we need to survive.
What is "subsistence"?
American colonists who disagreed with British taxation policies would do this, refusing to purchase anything from Britain as a form of protest.
What is "boycott"?
The economy of the South was primarily made up of these large agricultural enterprises which functioned as small towns.
What are "plantations"?
Native American tribes such as the Iroquois formed these, groups of independent governments collaborating on diplomatic issues. The United Nations is another example of one of these.
What are "federations"?
This type of trade moved people from Africa to the Americas, raw materials back to Europe, and finished goods back to Africa and the Americas.
What is "triangular"?
What is "bicameral"?
This is the term for a political body separating from it's current association to either become independent or join another. Texas did this in 1836 and the Confederate States of America did it in 1861.
What is "secession"?
These are rights that we are born with, that cannot be taken from us. Locke called them natural, but Jefferson called them this.
What are "unalienable" rights?
This word means to redirect water for agricultural purposes.
What is "irrigation"?
William Penn founded a colony in Pennsylvania for Quakers, who famously did not believe in fighting wars and were called this other "P" name.
What are "pacifists"?
This philosophy encouraged Americans to imagine a nation that spanned from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is "manifest destiny"?
These were slaves who ran away from their slaveowners and forced back when caught.
What are "fugitive" slaves?
In a free enterprise system, this person uses the factors of production (land, labor, capital) in order to produce a good or service.
What is an "entrepreneur"?
Ancient People came to the Americas to hunt for food, while Colonists came to the Americas to escape this.
What is "persecution"?
The Spanish expeditions in the new world focused on establishing these as bases for religious conversion.
James Madison promised to add this to the Constitution in order to convince New York and Rhode Island to ratify it.
What is a "Bill of Rights"?
This is the name for a person who chooses to die rather than betray their religious beliefs.
What is a "martyr"?
This 1215 English legal document codified limitations of power placed on the King/Queen by Parliament.
What is the "Magna Carta"?
The Inca empire built these into the sides of mountains in order to grow agriculture on steep inclines.
These, another word for complaints, were listed at the top of the Declaration of Independence as reasons justifying the declaration.
What is a "grievance"?
This 1832 legislation led to the forced relocation of tens of thousands of indigenous peoples from the Southwest to Oklahoma.
What is the "Indian Removal Act"?
While the Civil War was primarily about slavery, some still contend that it was about these rights.
What are "state's rights"?
This system divides power between a centralized national government and smaller autonomous State governments.
What is "federalism"?
What are "capes"?
The House of These was the first representative legislature in the North American Colonies.
What are "burgesses"?
Issues around State's rights to declare federal laws unconstitutional led to this crisis in 1832.
What is "nullification"?
The Civil War saw the birth of this armored warship that deflected shells off its metal hull.
What is an "ironclad"?
These global gridlines run horizontally and show one's North/South position.
This device was designed to be a handheld model of the universe, allowing sailors to identify celestial objects and navigate the seas with just the sky.
What is an "astrolabe"?
This 1700's religious movement unified colonists of different religions and contributed to the expansion of religious freedom.
What is the First Great Awakening?
These German mercenaries made up the majority of Britain's army during the War for American Independence.
This word means to free all of those in bondage at once, in contrast with "manumission", or the freeing of individual slaves. Lincoln proclaimed this in 1863.
What is "Emancipation"?
This first section of the Declaration of Independence lays out the reasons justifying the declaration.
What is the "preamble"?
This word, which is also a genre of music, means "from the period of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome".
What is "classical"?
This economic system used colonies to extract raw materials, trade, and build a surplus of gold.
What is "mercantilism"?
This religious movement encouraged a return to more conservative protestant values.
What is "temperance"?
This legal principle underscores the right to a fair and speedy trial by guaranteeing individuals the right to be heard in court by nature of being in possession of their own person.
What is "habeus corpus"?
This principle of the Constitution says that the power to govern is something given by the citizens.
What is "popular sovereignty"?
This type of government is organized around a religion, and the most important leaders are often priests.
What is a "theocracy"?
The Virginia Company of London was the first of these, a predecessor to the modern Corporation.
What is a "joint-stock company"?
These are special devices that raise a boat above sea level in order to pass through a canal.
What are "locks"?
These were a nickname for currency printed in the North.
What are "greenbacks"?
Often occurring during recessions and depressions, this is the word that describes a currency rapidly losing it's value.
What is "inflation"?
This ancestor of corn was developed in Mexico around 10,000 years ago, and was one of the "three sisters", and important cropping system for ancient civilizations.
What is "maize"?
This is the name of the Capitol of Rhode Island, and means "gifts provide-ed by God".
What is "Providence"?
These documents allowed customs officers to search almost anywhere for smuggled goods.
What are "writs of assistance"?
This is the term for War that targets not just a military or government, but also the land and the citizens.
What is "total war"?