| A | B |
| Devil's Mark | If pricked by a pin caused no pain or it would not bleed, the person was a witch. |
| Swimming a witch | If the person was placed in a weighed down chair and thrown into water, they must sink or they were a witch. |
| Reverend George Burrows | He recited the Lord’s Prayer when he was convicted as a warlock. |
| Theocracy | Church runs the government. |
| Giles Corey | He was “pressed” to death because he would not admit or deny that he was a warlock. He had an inheritance that he did not want taken. |
| Predestination | God knows whether you are going to heaven or hell before you are even born. Some puritans believed that they needed to see evidence in their lives of where they were going. Being convicted as a witch meant you were probably going to hell. |
| Amy Putnam | the only one to apologize for being a witch. |
| Tituba | The servant who put a spell on the 5 girls. |
| Spectral evidence | Evidence provided by someone that another's spirit is attacking them or tormenting them. |