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North America Vocab.
6th Grade North America Vocabulary Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Epidemic | a widespread outbreak of a disease |
| Colonization | the spread of people over new areas, creating new colonies |
| Free trade | unrestricted exchange of goods between countries |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement (Canada, USA, Mexico) |
| Ethnicity | a social group that shares a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, or other trait |
| Colonialism | the control or governing influence of a nation over a country, territory, or people |
| Independence | freedom from the control or support of another |
| Metropolitan | a large city and its surrounding suburbs and communities |
| Cash crop | a crop grown to sell for profit |
| Subsistence Farming | farming for the basic needs of the farmers and their families |
| Commercial farming | growing in large quantities to sale to retailers |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange of goods between the Americas and Europe after the discovery of the Americas |
| Indigenous | produced, growing, or living naturally in a region |
| Rainforest | a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches |