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Chapter 4
Life in the middle colonies
| Question | part of speech | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| subsistence farming | noun | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | noun | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
| diversity | verb | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
| principal | adjective | most important |
| rely | verb | to depend upon |
| netural | adjective | taking no side |
| allay | noun | to reduce in strength |
| triangular trade | noun | a pattern of trade that developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe |
| Slave code | noun | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |
| representive government | noun | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
| mercantilism | noun | 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 | verb | to sell goods to other countries |
| import | verb | to bring in goods from foreign countries |
| suspend | verb | to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something |
| impose | verb | to force on others |
| immigration | noun | the permanent movement of people into one country from other nation |
| epidemics | noun | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
| apprentice | noun | a person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
| civic virtue | noun | the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
| adapt | verb | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
| emphasis | noun | a special stress or indication of importance |
| militia | nounnoun | a military force made up of ordinary citizens |
| Iroquois Confederacy | noun | a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government |
| alliance | noun | a partnership |
| victural | noun | food |