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colonization2
social studies vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| someone who travels to do religious work | missionary |
| growing season | the time of year when it is warm enough to grow plants |
| coastal area of South with the rivers that reise and fall with the tides | tidewater |
| a line between the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mtns and the Atlantic coastal plain that connects waterfalls along the easter coast of the US and that marks the place where the height of the land drops | fall line |
| the sparsely populated area on the western side of the fall line | backcountry |
| a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns | town meeting |
| self government | when people make laws for themselves |
| a person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders | dissenter |
| to force someone to leave | banish |
| all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service | industry |