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Social studies 5th g
Houghton Mifflin Chapter 5 Vocabulary
| WORDS | DEFINITIONS |
|---|---|
| growing season | the time of year when it is warm enought for plants to grow |
| tidewater | tthe water in rivers and streams rises and falls every day with the ocean's tides |
| fall line | where rivers from higher land flow to lower lands and ofter from waterfalls |
| backcountry | the area in the back of where most colonists settled |
| town meeting | a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns |
| self government | it is when people make laws for themselves |
| dissenter | a person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders |
| banish | to force someone to leave |
| industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service |
| export | a product sent to another country and sold |
| import | a product brought into one country from another |
| Middle Passage | the voyage from Africa to the West Indies |
| slave trade | the business of buying and selling human beings |