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Social studies 5th g
Houghton Mifflin Chapter 5 Vocabulary
WORDS | DEFINITIONS |
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growing season | the time of year when it is warm enought for plants to grow |
tidewater | tthe water in rivers and streams rises and falls every day with the ocean's tides |
fall line | where rivers from higher land flow to lower lands and ofter from waterfalls |
backcountry | the area in the back of where most colonists settled |
town meeting | a gathering where colonists held elections and voted on the laws for their towns |
self government | it is when people make laws for themselves |
dissenter | a person who does not agree with the beliefs of his or her leaders |
banish | to force someone to leave |
industry | all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service |
export | a product sent to another country and sold |
import | a product brought into one country from another |
Middle Passage | the voyage from Africa to the West Indies |
slave trade | the business of buying and selling human beings |