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Colonial America-4-1
Chapter 4 Section 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| subsistence farming | farming in which only enough food to feed one’s family is produced |
| triangular trade | a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa |
| Middle Passage | part of the Triangular trade when enslaved Africans were shipped to the West Indies |
| cash crop | farm crop raised to be sold for money |
| surplus | excess; amount left over after necessary expenses are paid |
| Tidewater | a region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast |
| backcountry | region of hills and forests west of the Tidewater |
| overseer | person who supervises a large operation or its workers |
| slave code | laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people |
| Rely | depend |
| Principal | most important |
| Olaudah Equiano | a young African who wrote of his experience of the Middle Passage |