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The opening paragraph of the constitution is known as
the preamble
100
What is the method of expansion where one country buys new territory?
Purchase
100
What right is given to you in the second amendment?
The right to bare arms.
100
What is the instrument used by explorers to help them navigate the oceans?
Astrolabe
200
What is posterity?
future generations
200
Define a reservation
A piece of land that Native Americans are sent to live on after being removed from their original area.
200
What is a warrant?
An official document given by a judge allowing the police to search and seize a specific area.
200
What do we call the kinds of things grown in the southern colonies?
Cash Crops
300
What was the legal document that was replaced by the constitution?
the articles of confederation
300
Name 3 of the 5 states that were once part of Mexico
California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Texas
300
What are all 5 rights granted in the first amendment?
Speech, religion, petition the government, press, assembly
300
Who was the Portuguese person that helped pay for and guide many of the Portuguese explorers?
Prince Henry the Navigator
400
What city was the constitutional convention held in?
Philadelphia
400
Define Cession
giving up or surrendering land because of a war
400
What are two things that Police usually need to search your private property?
A warrant and probable cause
400
What were the two first European settlements in North America that we looked at?
Jamestown and Plymouth
500
What is the Bill of Rights
the first 10 amendments to the constitution
500
What was the name of the act that led to the Trail of Tears?
Indian Removal Act of 1830
500
What is specific vocabulary used in the eighth amendment that protects you from government abuse
Cruel and unusual punishment
500
Explain the relationship between the mother country and the colony in a mercantilist system
The colony sends natural resources to the mother country, where it is turned into manufactured goods, which are then sold back to the colony.