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Social Studies Study Guide Chapter 4 Test
What is an armada?
A fleet of warships
Separatists left
England because:
Wanted to be able to
freely follow their
own religion
Who made the rule at
James town, if you
don’t work, you don’t
eat?
John Smith
When the Mayflower
didn’t make it to
Virginia, they settled
in:
Plymouth
What is the difference
between a royal
colony and a
proprietary colony?
Royal – ruled by a
king
Most famous English
Pirate
Sir Francis Drake
The Powhatan
Confederacy fought the
English because:
The English took their
crops
What is a hacienda?
A self-sufficient estate
where ranchers
produce most of the
wheat they need to live
French traders made a
lot of money getting
____________ from Native
Americans.
Beaver Fur
How did haciendas help
New Spain become selfsufficient?
They raised and grew
everything they
needed.
This region was called
Louisiana in 1600’s
The Mayflower
Compact is:
Area from Appalachians
to Rockies and from Gulf
of Mexico to Great Lakes
An agreement among
the men of the
Mayflower to govern
themselves
The first permanent
English settlement in
the Americas”
What did Bartoleme De
Las Casas do?
One of first Europeans to
improve treatment of
Jamestown
Native Americans
A sea dog is the same thing ______________ was the
as a:
name of a settlement
built by the French on
Pirate
the St. Lawrence River.
Why did Spain need a
buffer zone?
To protect the colony of
New Spain from other
Europeans
Why did Elizabeth I
protect sea dogs?
Because the sea dogs
shared their wealth with
the British government
Proprietary –
someone chosen by
the king to govern
colony
Colony
A land ruled by another country
Colonist
People who live in a colony
Buffer Zone
An area of land that serves as a barrier
Borderlands
The buffer zone north of New Spain
Quebec
Where was the lost
colony?
Roanoke
Who was John Smith?
A strong leader in
Jamestown. He said “
if you don’t work, you
don’t eat.”
Presidio
Fort
Permanent
Long-lasting
Hacienda
Large estates in Mexico where ranchers raised cattle and sheep
Self-sufficient
Self-supporting
Missionary
A person sent by a church to teach its religion
Mission
Small religious settlements
Civil War
A war between 2 groups in the same country
Royal Colony
A colony ruled directly by a monarch
Proprietary Colony
A colony owned and ruled by one person appointed by the king
Proprietor
Owner
Plantation
Large farms where many Africans were forced to work as slaves
Sea Dog
A commander of English warships/pirates
Raw Material
A resource that can be used to make a product
Armada
A fleet of warships
Stock
A share of ownership in a company
Prosperity
Economic success
Cash Crop
A crop that people raise to sell rather than use
Legislature
The branch of government that makes laws
Authority
The right to control and make decisions
Burgess
A representative who is chosen by and speaks for the people
Pilgrim
A person who makes a journey for religious reasons
Compact
An Agreement
Self-rule
Governing oneself
Majority Rule
More than half of the people have to agree for a decision to be made