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McGrawHiill chap 4
vocab chap 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
| cash crop | a crop sold easily in markets |
| diversity | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
| principal | most important |
| rely | to depend upon |
| triangular trade | trade route between three destinations |
| slave code | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people |
| representative government | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws/conduct government |
| suspend | to set aside or temporarily stop operation |
| impose | to force on others |
| mercantilism | an economic theory whose goal builds a state wealth |
| export | to get rid of/sell |
| import | to take in/buy |
| immigration | the permanent movement of people into a country from a nation |
| epidemic | an illness affecting large people |
| apprentice | a young person who learns trade from a craftsperson |
| adapt | blend in and become one with the environment |
| emphasis | a special stress or indication of importance |
| militia | a military force of citizens |
| Iroquois confederacy | a group of native American nations in eastern north America joined together under one general government |
| alliance | partnership |
| convert | to change religious beliefs. |
| neutral | taking no side |
| civic virtue | the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of the citizenship in a free society |