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Ch. 5 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Representative Government | A system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
Iroquois Confederacy | A group of native american nations in Eastern North America joined together under one general government |
Alliance | Partnership |
Mercantalism | A country builds wealth and power by building it's supplies of gold and silver |
Diversity | Variety, such as of ethnic and national groups |
Apprentice | A person who agrees to work with a skilled crafts person to learn a trade |
Immigration | When people move from one country to another |
Cash Crops | Crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas |
Subsistence Farming | Type of farming that only supplies enough food to meet the families need. Little food left over to trade/sell |
Triangular Trade | A trade route between three destinations such as North America, Europe and Africa |
Epidemic | Outbreak of diseases that affect large numbers of people |
Militia | A military force made up of ordinary citizens |
Export | To sell abroad |
Import | To bring in from foreign markets |
Slave Code | Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |