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Ch.4 vocab S.S.
Chapter 4 vocabulary due 9/15/11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Area along the West Appalachian Mountains | Backcountry |
| Farming only what the farmer needs and a little to trade in town | subistence Farming |
| a trading route with three trade stops | triangular trade |
| Acts made to insure that the English made money from the colonies' trade | Navigation Acts |
| importing and exporting goods illegally | smuggling |
| crops made to be sold for money | cash crop |
| crushes grains to make flour or meal | gristmill |
| variety in a group | diversity |
| craftspeople | artisan |
| German-built wagons to carry produce into town | Conestoga wagon |
| a plant that yields a deep blue dye | indigo |
| Introduced indigo as a plantation crop in South Carolina | Eliza Lucas |
| known as one of the best known southern planters and was a member of the house of burgesses | William Byrd II |
| men hired by planters to watch slaves | overseer |
| slaves killed planter families and joined to fight against their slavery in this rebellion | Stono Rebellion |
| m]Mountains that stretch from East Canada to Alabama | Appalachian Mountains |
| a line where waterfalls prevent ships from moving forward | fall line |
| area beyond the fall line | piedmont |
| large groups of families that claim a common ancestor | clan |