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Chapters 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4

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