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SS: Ch.4 vocab
Term | Definition |
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subsistence farming | (n) producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
cash crop | (n) a crop raised for sale in markets |
diversity | (n) variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
triangular trade | (n) a pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe |
slave code | (n) rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people |
principal | (adj) most important |
rely | (v) to depend upon |
allay | (n) to reduce in strength |
victual | (n) food |
representative government | (n) a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
mercantillism | (n) an economic theory that a nation’s power depends on its ability to increase wealth by increasing and exports accumulating precious metals in return |
export | (v) to sell goods to other countries |
import | (v) to bring in goods from foreign countries |
suspend | (v) to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something |
impose | (v) to force on others |
immigration | (n) the permanent movement of people into one country from other nation |
epidemic | (adj) an illness that affects large numbers of people |
apprentice | (n) a person who learns a trade from a skilled crafts person |
civic virtue | (adj) the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
adapt | (n) to change in response to a new set of conditions |
emphasis | (n) a special stress or indication of importance |
militia | (n) a military force made of ordinary citizens |
Iroquois Confederacy | (n)a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government |
alliance | (n) a partnership |
neutral | (adj) taking no side |