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USI U4: Colonies
Specialization and Interdependence
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| specialization | focusing on one or a few products |
| interdependence | two or more people depending on each other for goods and services |
| natural resources of New England | timber, fish, deep harbors |
| human resources of New England | skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers, shipbuilders |
| capital resources in colonial America | tools, buildings |
| specialization In New England | fishing, shipbuilding, naval supplies, metal tools and equipment |
| natural resources in the Mid-Atlantic | rich farmlands, rivers |
| human resources in the Mid-Atlantic | unskilled and skilled workers, fishermen |
| specialization in the Mid-Atlantic | livestock, grains, fish |
| natural resources in the South | fertile farmlands, rivers, harbors |
| human resources in the South | farmers, enslaved African Americans |
| specialization in the South | tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo, forest products (lumber, tar, pitch) |
| What are naval supplies? | things needed to travel on a ship |
| What is shipbuilding? | designing and constructing ships |
| metal tools and equipment | used to farm and complete work throughout the colonies |
| grains | crop often used to make bread and similar products |
| indigo | crop used to make blue dye |
| tobacco | Cash crop that was popular for smoking |
| tar | a thick, sticky, dark fluid |
| lumber | wood |
| pitch | type of tree that was popular for producing candlewicks and other products |
| livestock | farm animals used for work or meat |
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