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Module 3 Essentials
Module 3 Essentials 2018-2019 (Shafer/Sheesley)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cash Crops | Things that are grown and sold for profit |
| middle passage | Name given to the voyage of slaves between Africa and the America's |
| developing | a country that is growing in technology |
| nationalism | Pride in one's country, sometimes to an extreme |
| colony | A country that is controlled by another country |
| literacy | the ability to read and write |
| life expectancy | how long people live on average in a specific area |
| subsistence | having just enough to support a family |
| Plateau | a flat area that is above the surrounding land |
| fertile | able to grow many plants |
| tributaries | small streams that run to a larger river |
| irrigate | to artificially bring water to crops |
| domesticate | to adapt something wild to human use |
| economy | the things people do to make a living (money) in a given area |
| hunter gather | a person who searches for food and animals to survive |
| ethnic groups | people who share common language, religion, family, and customs |
| undeveloped | a nation that lacks industry or technology |
| developed | a country that has good industry and technology |
| imperialism | when European countries took over African countries |
| commercial farming | large scale production of crops for sale |
| Islam | the religion that believes in Allah |
| culture | the way of life of people who share similar beliefs and actions |
| apartheid | system in South Africa that divided racial groups |
| clans | a group of people with common ancestry |
| piracy | robbery of others, usually at sea |
| bias | an unfair preference(like) for or dislike of something |
| producer | a maker of products |
| coup | a violent overthrow of a government |
| consumer | a buyer or purchaser of goods |
| entrepreneur | a person who owns their own company |
| birth rate, death rate, famine | things that affect the population in a given area |
| resource | a source or supply of something of which a benefit is produced |