Chapter 5 Vocabulary Review

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Chapter 5 Vocabulary Review

• This can be used to help you prepare for the
  Vocabulary Quiz.
• The definition will appear first on each slide.
  Quiz yourself by trying to identify which
  vocabulary word matches each definition. You may
  want to have a word bank of the 15 vocabulary
  words to look at. When you click, the correct
  answer will appear.
• Keep going until you get all 15 words correct!

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Public church gatherings where masses of people
came together to hear a ministers sermons.
revivals
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Period during which thinkers applied reason and
logic to the study of human nature and the
improvement of society.
enlightenment
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Period of great learning that began in the 1600s
as European scientists, mathematicians, and
astronomers looked for explanations about how the
universe worked.
Scientific Revolution
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Process that involves carefully examining natural
events and then forming theories from experiments
and observations.
Scientific method
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A Christian movement that became widespread in
the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
The Great Awakening
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Items that a country sells to other countries.
exports
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Crops that are continuously in demand.
Staple crops
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Voyage of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to
be sold as slaves in North and South America and
the West Indies.
Middle Passage
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Group of royal advisers that set policy for the
thirteen colonies.
Privy Council
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Creating and maintaining wealth by carefully
controlling trade
mercantilism
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Lawmaking body made up of two houses.
Bicameral legislature
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Crops grown mainly to be sold for profits
Cash crops
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Union of northeastern American colonies created
by King James II in 1686 lasted until 1689.
Dominion of New England
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Pattern of trade that involved the American
colonies, England, and West Africa.
Triangular trade
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People who learn skilled trades from a master
craftsperson
apprentices