Regions:southeast Vocabulary

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The business of growing crops and raising animals. (p. R41)

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agriculture

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Something that is grown to be sold for money rather than to be used on the farm where it is grown.

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cash crop

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an event that makes something else happen

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cause

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A mineral found under Earth's surface that is burned as a fuel. (p. 89)

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coal

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A place that is ruled by a distant country. (p. 108)

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colony

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A wall built across a river to control the flow of water or create a lake. (p. 98)

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dam

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Land formed by athe soil that a river deposits as it flows into a larger body of water. (p. 77)

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delta

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An event that happens as a result of another event. (p. 86)

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effect

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A group of lands or peoples ruled by one country. (P. 132)

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empire

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A flat-bottomed sailboat used on the Nile River. (p. 97)

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felucca

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This soil makes it good for growing crops. (p. 97)

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fertile

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The time of the year when the weather is warm enough for crops to grow in a certain place. (p. 83)

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growing season

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Electricity made from flowing water in rivers (p. 99)

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Hydroelectric power

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Not controlled by someone else.

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independent

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All the businesses that make one kind of goods of provide one kind of service. (p. 88)

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industry

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The use of ditches or pipes to bring water to fields. (p. 98)

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irrigation

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A group of workers organized to get better working conditions. (p. 90)

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labor union

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The place where a river empties into an ocean, a lake, or a larger river. (p. 75)

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mouth

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A person hired to watch over workers. (p. 119)

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overseer

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A large farm where cash crops were grown. (p. 119)

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plantation

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All the land that is drained by a river and its tributaries. (p. 75)

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river basin

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The practice of setting one group apart from another by law. (p. 127)

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segregation

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The place where a river begins. (p. 75)

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source

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A system of writing in which each syllable of a word is represented by a symbol. (p. 106)

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syllabary

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The use of skills, ideas, and tools to meet people's needs. (p. 91)

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technology

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A diagram that shows a series of events in the order in which they happened. (p. 116)

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time line

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Any river that flows into another, larger river. (p. 75)

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tributary

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An area such as a swamp or marsh where water is at or close to the surface of the ground. (p. 77)

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wetland

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The land formed by the rich soil that the Mississippi River deposits as it flows into the Gulf of Mexico. (p. 77)

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delta

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A group that push for better working conditions. (p. 90)

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labor union

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This supplies more than half our country's electricity. (p. 93)

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coal

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Cherokee who met to talk and make decisions. (p. 105)

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council

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An old English word for "citizen". (p. 112)

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burgess

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A group of Virginia citizens who made laws for the colony. (p. 112)

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House of Burgesses

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An end to slavery. (p. 123)

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abolition

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A document that states all enslaved people living in the Confederate states were now free. (p. 125)

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Emancipation Proclamation

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People refuse to buy or use something if they disagree with the company that sells it. (p. 128)

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boycott