chapter 5 vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
subsistence farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
cash crop | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
diversity | variety, such as ethnic or national groups |
triangular trade | a trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies |
slave code | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment or enslaved people |
representative government | a system by which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government |
suspend | to set aside or temporarily stop operation of something |
impose | to force on others |
export | to sell abroad |
import | to bring in from foreign markets |
mercantilism | an economic theory whose goal is building a state's wealth and power by increasing export and accumulating precious metals in return |
apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
immigration | the permanent movement from one country to another |
epidemic | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
adapt | to change in response to a new sets of conditions |
emphasis | a special stress or indication of importance |
civic virtue | the democratic ideas, practices, and values that are at the heart of citizenship in a free society |
militia | a military force made up of ordinary citizens |
iroquois confederacy | a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together |
alliance | partership |
convert | to change the religious beliefs of someone |
neutral | taking no side |
principal | most important |
rely | to depend upon |
allay | to reduce in strength |
victual | food |
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