bayou bridges 6th grade unit 1 lesson 1 voc

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relying chiefly on agriculture and farming

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agrarian

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a system of trade for goods and services that uses money rather than barter, or an exchange of goods

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monetary economy

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system of money

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currency

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an imagined river passage through North America that Europeans believed would make travel between Europe and Asia faster and more efficient

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Northwest Passage

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reduction in quantity

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depletion

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a chain of islands

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archipelago

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the rebellion of a ship’s crew against the captain

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Mutiny

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difficult to locate

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Elusive

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Which Spanish explorer who sailed with Columbus also discovered much of southeast North America looking for the legendary "Fountain of Youth"?

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Juan Ponce de León

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Who is thought to be the first European to discover the "big Water or Mississippi river"?

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Hernando de Soto