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cash crops
cash crops cash crops cash crops cash crops |
crops raised to sell; crops used like money
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charter
charter charter charter charter |
a document granting permission to establish a colony
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confederacy
confederacy confederacy confederacy confederacy |
a system of government the Indians had
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dysentery
dysentery dysentery dysentery dysentery |
a disease due to lack of fresh water
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equation
equation equation equation equation |
a number sentence that shows that 2 quantities are equal
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estimate
estimate estimate estimate estimate |
to find a number that is close to the answer
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export
export export export export |
crops sent to other countries
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expression
expression expression expression expression |
a mathematical phrase or the part of a number sentence that combines numbers, operation signs, and sometimes variables, but doesn't have an equal sign.
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glacier
glacier glacier glacier glacier |
a large mass of body of moving
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indentured servant
indentured servant indentured servant indentured servant indentured servant |
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interpret
interpret interpret interpret interpret |
to figure out the symbols ,
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liaison
liaison liaison liaison liaison |
"the go-between"
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London Company
London Company London Company London Company London Company |
Came up with a new idea about how to colonize the New America. They would pay people to come over and then the colony would work to pay them back.
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malaria
malaria malaria malaria malaria |
a disease that spread rapidly through mosquitos because there was no fresh water
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objectives
objectives objectives objectives objectives |
goals
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profitable
profitable profitable profitable profitable |
to make money
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ridge
ridge ridge ridge ridge |
a narrow area of wide land between two valleys
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Roanoke
Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke Roanoke |
the "last colony"
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John Smith
John Smith John Smith John Smith John Smith |
took over Jamestown in 1608. Learned the Indian's language.
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The Starving Time
The Starving Time The Starving Time The Starving Time The Starving Time |
this is what the colonist named the winter
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valley
valley valley valley valley |
a low area between higher areas through which a river or stream flows.
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variable
variable variable variable variable |
a letter or symbol that stands for one or more numbers
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