Unit 2 Vocab (Colonization)

Front

Written permission from a parent country to create a new colony?

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Charter

Answer explanation

These documents were granted by many countries seeking out resources for their quickly expanding countries.

Front

Growing food only for one's family is called:

Back

Subsistence

Answer explanation

Unlike commercial farms, subsistence farms grow food knowing it is never going to be the main source of income for them.

Front

Movement of people or animals from one region to another.

Back

Migration

Answer explanation

Migration can cause change in the place people are heading to, but also cause change in the place the people are leaving from.

Front

System of trade between a parent country and a colony?

Back

Mercantilism

Answer explanation

Mercantilism was how many European countries made money and became so powerful.

Front

Territory controlled by another country?

Back

Colony

Answer explanation

Colonies were the main way that European countries were able to get raw materials when their own were being depleted.

Front

Becoming an expert in a skill or job.

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Specialization

Answer explanation

Specialization can be by choice or necessity. I teach only one subject versus teaching all subjects so that I become the expert on it. Then you go to other teachers who are experts in their own subjects. I would be less skilled overall if I tried to teach all subjects.

Front

What is represented by the picture?

Back

Migration

Front

Image representation?

Back

Specialization

Front

What is represented by the picture?

Back

Colony

Front

Image representation?

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Subsistence