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S.S. - Ch. 5 Vocab
Social Studies - Unit 3 - Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Growing Season | The time of year when it is warm enough for plants to grow. |
Tidewater | The water in rivers and streams rises and falls every day with the ocean's tides. |
Fall Line | Rivers from higher land flow to lower lands and often form waterfalls. |
Backcountry | The higher land on the other side of the fall line. |
Town Meeting | A gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns. |
Self-government | 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 sen 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. |
Data | Facts or numbers. |
Line Graph | Shows changes in data over time. |