Chapter 10 Vocabulary Northern Lights

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The practice of producing enough food to feed one's own family, but not enough to sell at a market.

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Substistence farming

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Someone who buys and sells land hoping to make a profit, often at great financial risk.

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Land speculator

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The practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm.

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Diversified farming

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An organization formed to help its members buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices.

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cooperative

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To control or adjust something in order to change how it works.

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regulate

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An 1862 law that provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for 5 years.

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Homestead Act of 1862

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An area of economic activity in which people buy and sell goods and services. These places are where prices are determined.

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markets

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A nationwide organization for farmers that supports their economic well-being and their political interests.

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