Term | Definition |
subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
cash crops | a crop raised for sale in markets |
diversity | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
triangular trade | pattern of trade developed in colonial times among the Americas, Africa, and Europe |
slave code | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people; laws in Southern states that controlled enslaved people |
principal | a fundamental, or basic, law or idea |
rely | to depend on |
representative government | a system in which citizens elect a smaller group to make laws and conduct government on their behalf |
mercantilism | an economic theory that a nation's power depends on its ability to increase wealth by increasing exports and receiving precious metals |
export | to sel goods to other countries; a good made in one country and then sold to another |
import | to bring in goods from foreign countries |
suspend | to temporarily set aside or stop operation of something |
impose | to force on others |
immigration | the permanent movement of people into a country from other countries |
epidemic | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
apprentice | a person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
civic virtue | the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
emphasis | placing of stress or special importance on something |
adapt | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
milita | a military force made of ordinary citizens who are trained to fight in emergencies |
Iroquois Confederacy | a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government |
alliance | a partnership; system in which countries agree to defend each other or to advance common causes |
convert | to change from one belief, form, or use to another |
neutral | taking no side |