7th grade midterm

Question 1

colonist who got free passage in return for working without pay for certain number of years

Accepted Answer

indentured servants

Question 2

a person who has a strict christian faith, traveled for religious freedom

Accepted Answer

puritan

Question 3

vasco da gama sailed around the tip of

Accepted Answer

africa

Question 4

land under control over another distant country

Accepted Answer

colony

Question 5

Why did europe want to go to Asia?

Accepted Answer

spices

Question 6

strip of land connecting Russia and Alaska

Accepted Answer

bering land bridge

Question 7

society of friends, protestant sect founded in england

Accepted Answer

quakers

Question 8

a faith based system, belief in gods or goddesses

Accepted Answer

religion

Question 9

Who circumnavigated the globe?

Accepted Answer

magellan

Question 10

document created by pilgrims to establish self government

Accepted Answer

mayflower compact

Question 11

law that gave religious freedom to christian faiths in maryland

Accepted Answer

toleration act

Question 12

to move from one place to another

Accepted Answer

migrate

Question 13

laws passed in the colonies to control slaves

Accepted Answer

slave codes

Question 14

a large farm on which people were enslaved and forced to work

Accepted Answer

plantation

Question 15

cone shaped structure that was a home for some indigenous groups

Accepted Answer

tee pee

Question 16

economic system where trade and wealth is controlled by private owners

Accepted Answer

capitalism

Question 17

Which mountains are on the Western boarder of the 13 colonies

Accepted Answer

Appalacian

Question 18

where were the aztecs located

Accepted Answer

mexico

Question 19

which is NOT a type of colony

Accepted Answer

contractual

Question 20

Which ocean borders the eastern part of the 13 colonies

Accepted Answer

Atlantic

Question 21

Who came up with the heliocentric theory

Accepted Answer

Copernicus

Question 22

to go all the way around the world

Accepted Answer

circumnavigate

Question 23

procedure with observation, hypothesis, gather evidence, conclusion

Accepted Answer

scientific method

Question 24

crop that is continuously in demand

Accepted Answer

staple crop

Question 25

who was already there when columbus arrived

Accepted Answer

the taino

Question 26

Who conquered the Aztec?

Accepted Answer

Spanish

7th grade midterm

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7th grade midterm

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