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1) Indian slave from Barbados who told village children tales of

magic:_____________.

2) A medical condition that causes violent seizures and shaking:___________.

3) Evidence used at a witch trial to show a person was innocent:___________.

4) When people become overwhelmed by fears and lose the

ability to act in rational ways:____________.

5) What victims of witch craft said they were forced to sign:____________.

6) A government run by religious authorities:________________.

7) A punishment in which a person is pressed to death under heavy

boulders:_____________.

8) Mark on the body that was believed to be a sign of a witch:____________.

9) A mixture made from rye grain and the urine of a victim of witchcraft.

It was fed to a dog to see if the dog would also be cursed:_________.

10) Minister who opposed the Salem trials, saying it were better for “ten

suspected witches to escape that one innocent person should be

condemned:____________________.

Thought Question: Why do you think the Salem villagers were willing to

believe their neighbors practiced witchcraft?