4th Grade Social Studies Ch. 6 Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Terms in 4th Grade Social Studies Ch. 6

Proprietor RepresentativeFree Market Economy CostFree Enterprise BenefitLegislature TreatyPlantation LaborerApprentice ArtisanOverseer SpiritualDebtor IndigoRefuge

What do we call a group of people with the power to make and change laws?

Legislature

What do we call an African American religious folk song?

Spiritual

What do we call a person who owned and controlled all of the land in a colony?

Proprietor

What is another word for business?

Free Enterprise

What is another word for gain or advantage?

Benefit

What do we call a person who does hard physical work?

Laborer

What do we call someone who is chosen to speak and act for others?

Representative

What do we call a system where the people, not the government, decide what will be produced?

Free Market Economy

What do we call an official agreement between nations or groups?

Treaty

What do we call a plant that can be made into a dark blue dye?

Indigo

What do we call someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business?

Apprentice

What do we call a person who watches and directs the work of other people?

Overseer

What do we call someone who owes money?

Debtor

What do we call a large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm?

Plantation

What is another name for a safe place?

Refuge

What is another word for loss or sacrifice?

Cost

What do we call a person who is skilled at making something by hand?

Artisan