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Baseline Vocabulary test

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100 questions

Note from the author:

8th grade academic staar words

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Question 81

81.

81 Laissez-faire

A. Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

B. people who work to spread their religious beliefs

C. One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit

D. Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.

Question 82

82.

82 Boycott

A. the growth of cities

B. refuse to buy

C. A ban on trade

D. to set free

Question 83

83.

83 Traitor

A. Person who wanted to end slavery

B. A person who betrays his or her country

C. American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

D. Pass a law despite a presidential veto

Question 84

84.

84 Immigration

A. separation of the races

B. to set free

C. moving to a new location

D. to cancel

Question 85

85.

85 Prosperity

A. wealth, success

B. A ban on trade

C. not using alcoholic drink

D. a safe place

Question 86

86.

86 Secession

A. Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation

B. To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

C. A place where weapons and ammunition are stored

D. A large farm in the Southern region; grows cash crops; uses slaves

Question 87

87.

87 Nationalism

A. a system that involves making, buying, and selling goods

B. Pass a law despite a presidential veto

C. An economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies

D. Loyalty and devotion to a nation

Question 88

88.

88 Tariff

A. a serious or urgent request

B. an artificial waterway

C. to approve

D. A tax on imported goods

Question 89

89.

89 Urbanization

A. to cancel

B. the growth of cities

C. separation of the races

D. to set free

Question 90

90.

90 Abolitionist

A. A person who wanted to end slavery

B. Rule by the people

C. American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

D. A ceremony in which the president takes the oath of office

Question 91

91.

91 Martyr

A. a legal member of a country

B. a person who dies for a cause

C. to bring a product into a country to be sold

D. A tax on imported goods

Question 92

92.

92 Separation of powers

A. a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.

B. Money taken from the people by the government to pay for government programs or departments

C. restrictions on government to protect the natural rights of citizens; even the leaders have to obey laws

D. Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law

Question 93

93.

93 Plantation

A. an example that may serve as a basis for imitation or later action

B. a settlement of differences in which each side gives up something

C. the right of states to limit the power of the federal government

D. A large farm in the Southern region; grows cash crops; uses slaves

Question 94

94.

94 Free market

A. A ceremony in which the president takes the oath of office

B. A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power

C. the trading system between the Americas, England and Africa

D. An economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies

Question 95

95.

95 Sedition

A. to travel for the purpose of discover

B. send (goods or services) to another country for sale.

C. Money taken from the people by the government to pay for government programs or departments

D. rebellion or resistance against the government

Question 96

96.

Doctrine

A.  a set of beliefs held by a church, political party, or other group.

B. a person who is elected by citizens to speak or act for them

C. to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

D. A change to the Constitution

Question 97

97.

97 Corrupt

A.  to set free

B. dishonest

C. obtained

D. complaint

Question 98

98.

98 Rebellion

A.  a fight against a government

B. a fixed period for something

C. A written plan of government

D. A religious group who came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.

Question 99

99.

99 Proclamation

A.  an official announcement

B. to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

C. the growth of cities

D. a set of beliefs held by a church, political party, or other group.

Question 100

100.

100 Neutrality

A.  to travel for the purpose of discovery

B. One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit

C. A refusal to take part in a war between other nations

D. abstinence from alcoholic drink

Question 1

1.

Import

A

B

C

D

Question 2

2.

Cabinet

A

B

C

D

Question 3

3.

Civil disobedience

A

B

C

D

Question 4

4.

Compromise

A

B

C

D

Question 5

5.

Loyalists

A

B

C

D

Question 6

6.

Slavery

A

B

C

D

Question 7

7.

Secede

A

B

C

D

Question 8

8.

Taxation

A

B

C

D

Question 9

9.

Indentured servants

A

B

C

D

Question 10

10.

Capital

A

B

C

D

Question 11

11.

Self-government

A

B

C

D

Question 12

12.

Bill of rights

A

B

C

D

Question 13

13.

Persecute

A

B

C

D

Question 14

14.

Sectionalism

A

B

C

D

Question 15

15.

Emancipate

A

B

C

D

Question 16

16.

Economic

A

B

C

D

Question 17

17.

Abomination

A

B

C

D

Question 18

18.

Popular sovereignty

A

B

C

D

Question 19

19.

States' rights

A

B

C

D

Question 20

20.

Grievance

A

B

C

D

Question 21

21.

Colonization

A

B

C

D

Question 22

22.

Override

A

B

C

D

Question 23

23.

Ratify

A

B

C

D

Question 24

24.

Limited government

A

B

C

D

Question 25

25.

Canal

A

B

C

D

Question 26

26.

Unconstitutional

A

B

C

D

Question 27

27.

Triangle trade

A

B

C

D

Question 28

28.

Rural

A

B

C

D

Question 29

29.

Missionaries

A

B

C

D

Question 30

30.

Acquisition

A

B

C

D

Question 31

31.

Blockade

A

B

C

D

Question 32

32.

Puritans

A

B

C

D

Question 33

33.

Ordinance

A

B

C

D

Question 34

34.

Campaign

A

B

C

D

Question 35

35.

Amendment

A

B

C

D

Question 36

36.

Region

A

B

C

D

Question 37

37.

Suffrage

A

B

C

D

Question 38

38.

Pilgrims

A

B

C

D

Question 39

39.

Republicanism

A

B

C

D

Question 40

40.

Refuge

A

B

C

D

Question 41

41.

Term

A

B

C

D

Question 42

42.

Exploration

A

B

C

D

Question 43

43.

Staple crops

A

B

C

D

Question 44

44.

Debt

A

B

C

D

Question 45

45.

Founded

A

B

C

D

Question 46

46.

Treaty

A

B

C

D

Question 47

47.

Patriot

A

B

C

D

Question 48

48.

Tyrant

A

B

C

D

Question 49

49.

Cash crops

A

B

C

D

Question 50

50.

Export

A

B

C

D

Question 51

51.

Amnesty

A

B

C

D

Question 52

52.

Individual rights

A

B

C

D

Question 53

53.

Temperance

A

B

C

D

Question 54

54.

Appeal

A

B

C

D

Question 55

55.

Propaganda

A

B

C

D

Question 56

56.

Precedent

A

B

C

D

Question 57

57.

Segregation

A

B

C

D

Question 58

58.

Citizen

A

B

C

D

Question 59

59.

Mercantilism

A

B

C

D

Question 60

60.

A

B

C

D

Question 61

61.

Inauguration

A

B

C

D

Question 62

62.

Impeach

A

B

C

D

Question 63

63.

Urban

A

B

C

D

Question 64

64.

Arsenal

A

B

C

D

Question 65

65.

Checks and balances

A

B

C

D

Question 66

66.

Federalism

A

B

C

D

Question 67

67.

Constitution

A

B

C

D

Question 68

68.

Delegate

A

B

C

D

Question 69

69.

Protest

A

B

C

D

Question 70

70.

Siege

A

B

C

D

Question 71

71.

Sharecroppers

A

B

C

D

Question 72

72.

Representative

A

B

C

D

Question 73

73.

Unalienable rights

A

B

C

D

Question 74

74.

Confederation

A

B

C

D

Question 75

75.

Petition

A

B

C

D

Question 76

76.

Embargo

A

B

C

D

Question 77

77.

Majority

A

B

C

D

Question 78

78.

Electoral college

A

B

C

D

Question 79

79.

Nullification

A

B

C

D

Question 80

80.

Immigrant

A

B

C

D