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North America

Vocabulary

TermDefinition
Colony a territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land
Plantation a large farm that grows mainly one crop
Development the process of growing or improving
Representative Government a system of government where people are the ultimate source of government
Republic a form of government where people vote for their representatives
Province an administrative division of a country
Migration the movement of people from one place to live in another
Immigrant a person who comes to a country to live there
Constitutional Monarchy a type of democracy where a king or queen serves as the head of state but a legislature makes the laws
Peninsula a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water
Mestizos persons of mixed European and Indian ancestry
Slash-and-Burn the practice of burning forest in order to clear land for planting
Cash Crop a crop that farmers grow mainly to sell for a profit
Smog a mixture of smoke, chemicals, and fog
Maquiladoras a U.S. or other foreign-owned factory in Mexico
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