Ch 7 Vocabulary

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 7. The political orientation of those who hold that a ___ is the best form of government (13)
  2. 10. A ___ owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy (9)
  3. 12. To cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile (7)
  4. 13. United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train (5)
  5. 14. Dry land with very little rain (6)

Down

  1. 1. Commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence (10)
  2. 2. A person hired to fight for another country than their own (9)
  3. 3. The capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca (10)
  4. 4. American financier and American Revolutionary War patriot who helped fund the army during (7)
  5. 5. A meeting planned at a certain time and place (10)
  6. 6. Someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes (8)
  7. 8. French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (9)
  8. 9. A person who is not a serf or a slave (7)
  9. 11. English poet and literary critic (6)