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