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Ch. 4 US History JX
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An area that ran along the Appalachian Mountains through the far west of the other regions. | Backcountry |
| Farming to produce jst enough food for themselves and sometimes a little extra to trade in town. | subsistence farming |
| A trading route with three stops that went on and on in a pattern. | triangular trade |
| Acts passed in 1651 to ensure that England could make money from its colonoies' trade. | Navignation Acts |
| Importing or exporting goods illegally. | smuggling |
| Crops raised to be sold for money. | cash crop |
| A place where grain is grounded into flour or meal. | gristmill |
| A variety in people. | diversity |
| Craftspeopeople. | artisan |
| Wide wheeled wagons suitable for dirt roads used to carry produce to town. | Conestoga wagon |
| A plant that yields a deep blue dye. | indigo |
| A young woman that introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop after her father sent her to supervise his South Carolina plantaions when she was 17. | Eliza Lucas |
| A Southern planter who owned a large estate in Virginia, he inherited membership in the House of Burgesses. | William Byrd II |
| Men hired by planters to watch over and direct the work of slaves. | overseer |
| Slaves gathering at the Stono River south of Charles Town weilding lethal weapons. | Stono Rebellion |
| A mountain range spreading from eastern Canada south to Alabama. | Appalachian Mountains |
| Where waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver. | fall line |
| Meaning "foot of the mountains", this is the broad plateau that leads to the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian Range. | piedmont |
| Descendants. | clan |