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Unit-3 Ch.5 Vocab.
6th Grade Unit-3 Ch.5 Vocab. (French Colonial Louisiana)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake | Tributary |
| An area of land where the ground is usually covered with water, such as a swamp, bog, or marsh | Wetland |
| Fine sand, or clay carried by running water and deposited on land | Silt |
| An economic policy in which the goal is to gain wealth by exporting more goods than are imported | Mecantilism |
| A crop grown for the purpose of selling it rather than consuming it | Cash Crop |
| Related to or engaged in buying and selling of goods | Commercial |
| The region of land drained by a river and its tributaries | River Basin |
| Exclusive control of a product or service in a particular market | Monopoly |
| A building or group of buildings used by a religious organization to spread its faith | Mission |
| A profit from the sale of a property or investment | Capital Gain |
| To have no money left | Bankrupt |
| A condition in which the price of goods increases as the value of money decreases | Inflation |
| A series of horizontal and vertical lines that cross each other to divide an area into sections | Grid |
| The basic structures that help communities run, such as roads, ports, aqueducts, power plants, cell towers, etc | Infrastructure |
| Related to the legal system and to judgements made in a court of law | Judicial |
| People who share many of the same customs such as beliefs, traditions, food, clothing, or language | Cultural Group |
| Having more than one culture | Multicultural |
| To set free from slavery or from other bondage | Emancipate |
| Of mixed European and African origin, especially in the Caribbean | Creole |
| A person who moves from one country to live in another country | Immigrant |
| To integrate or be absorbed into the culture of a population or group | Assimilate |
| A formal, written agreement between people or nations | Treaty |