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Rights
a) someone who purchases part (share) of a company
b) Freedoms that are protected by laws
c) the wearing away of land due to wind, water, or ice
d) land bordered by water on 3 sides.

erosion:
a) the wearing away of land due to wind, water, or ice
b) land bordered by water on 3 sides.
c) Freedoms that are protected by laws
d) someone who purchases part (share) of a company

stockholder:
a) Freedoms that are protected by laws
b) land bordered by water on 3 sides.
c) someone who purchases part (share) of a company
d) the wearing away of land due to wind, water, or ice

Peninsula:
a) Jamestown
b) an island
c) an official document setting out the rights and jobs of a group
d) land bordered by water on 3 sides.

Charter
a) an official document setting out the rights and jobs of a group
b) abundance of valuable possessions or money
c) a group of people living in a foreign country that is under control of another distant country.
d) someone who purchases part (share) of a company

Colony:
a) abundance of valuable possessions or money
b) a group of people living in a foreign country that is under control of another distant country.
c) an official document setting out the rights and jobs of a group
d) the wearing away of land due to wind, water, or ice

raw materials
a) a body of land surrounded almost entirely by water
b) materials not finished or manufactured into a product (timber or iron)
c) a small village or group of houses in a new colony
d) a written list of rights granted by a government or ruler

Virginia Company of London
a) The group of people who traveled with Christopher Columbus
b) the winter at Jamestown when most of the settlers died from starvation and disease
c) a written list of rights granted by a government or ruler
d) the Company in London to which the king granted a charter to start a colony overseas

Wealth
a) a body of land surrounded almost entirely by water
b) The 3 Gs (God, Gold, and Glory)
c) abundance of valuable possessions or money
d) an official document setting out the rights and jobs of a group

Share
a) part ownership of a company
b) peace and harmony
c) allowing others to play with your toys
d) a small village or group of houses in a new colony

cash crop
a) part ownership of a company
b) the winter at Jamestown when most of the settlers died from starvation and disease
c) materials not finished or manufactured into a product
d) a crop that is grown to sell for money

starving time
a) peace and friendship
b) the winter at Jamestown when most of the settlers died from starvation and disease
c) a written list of rights granted by a government or ruler
d) a body of land surrounded almost entirely by water

hardship
a) life is difficult often because you do not have enough money.
b) the conditions which affect what happens
c) all the things that are happening in a particular situation
d) a planned and organized occasion

marshy
a) to cause (a boat) to sink or fill with water
b) to overwhelm (a person or place) with more than can be dealt with or accommodated
c) land that is always wet and muddy
d) all the things that are happening in a particular situation

Emphasis
a) stress on a particular syllable, word, or phrase in speaking
b) the stress on a musical note
c) to hit something repeatedly
d) special importance given to something, such as an object or idea

agriculture
a) methods of farming crops or animals
b) a particular civilization at a particular period
c) land devoted to the growing a particular type of fruit or animal
d) special importance given to something, such as an object or idea

initiate
a) you start it or cause it to happen
b) become a member of it by taking part in special ceremonies
c) something that people do regularly
d) methods of farming crops or animals

invaders
a) try to hurt a person using physical violence
b) robbing someone
c) to enter a country by force with an army
d) you go into it or come into it

indentured servant
a) someone who is the property of another person
b) a person who came to America and was placed under contract to work for a period of time
c) very hard work, usually physical work
d) to have a job, usually one which they are paid to do

tobacco wives
a) The group of 90 women who arrived in Jamestown in 1620 to marry the settlers living there
b) Women who arrived in Jamestown in 1625 to marry the settlers living there
c) The girl tobacco leaves
d) the wives of Native American tobacco farmers

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