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DeeAnn Guo Team F Section 8
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Plantation
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A large farm that plants cash crops
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Cash Crop
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A crop which is grown for money not for use of the family.
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Push-pull factor
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The force which draws people to a place or drives them away.
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Indigo
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A plant grown in the Southern colonies that produces blue-purple dye.
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House of Burgesses
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The first elected representatives of the American colonists.
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Royal Colony
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A colony whose official is appointed by the British royalty.
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Triangular Trade
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When three regions trade goods and slaves in a triangular route.
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Irrigate
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A way to bring water to an area like farmland
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Warehouse
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A house used to store surplus
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Surplus
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The amount extra when what is needed has already been used.
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Fertile soil
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A soil that has many nutrients to sustain abundant plant growth.
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Planter
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The owner of a plantation
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Piedmont
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The fertile land at the foot of a mountain
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Rotation of crops
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System which planters move crops from one field to the next to help the growth of tobacco in the most fertile soil
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Coastal Plain
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A spread of land near bordering an ocean
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