Social Studies Chapter 3 Vocabulary

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Boycott

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a refusal to buy a certain product to bring attention to a problem.

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Commerce

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buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places.

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Estuary

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the place where fresh water from a river mixes with the salt water from an ocean.

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Evacuate

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to remove people from a place of danger.

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Plantation

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an agricultural estate.

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Proximity

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the state or condition of being near.

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Rural

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of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture.

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Secede

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to withdraw from an organization.

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Sharecropper

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a farmer who works land for the owner and receives part of the value of what is harvested, rather than receiving a standard wage.

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Yeoman

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a small landowning farmer.