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CH.4 Voacb
Ch.4 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Subsistance Farming | producing just enough to meet immediate needs |
Cash Crops | a crop that can be sold easily in markets |
Diversity | variety, such as of ethnic or national groups |
Principal | most important |
Rely | to depend upon |
Triangular Trade | trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies |
Slave Codes | rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of 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 |
Mercantilism | an economic theory whose goal is building a state’s wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return |
Export | to sell aboard |
Imports | to bring in from foreign markets |
Immagration | the permanent movement of people into one country from other nation |
Epidemics | an illness that affects large numbers of people |
Adapt | to change in response to a new set of conditions |
Apprentice | a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson |
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 |
Convert | to change the religious beliefs of someone |
Iroquois Confederacy | a group of Native American nations in eastern North America joined together under one general government |
Alliance | partnership |
Neutral | taking no side |
Allay | to reduce in strength |
Victual | food |