US Unit 2 Vocab

traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

• exploration

• colonization

• mercantilism

• representative government

state sponsored settlement of people to new territories

• colonization

• mercantilism

• representative government

• charter

economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the "mother" country

• mercantilism

• representative government

• charter

• plantation

political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people

• representative government

• charter

• plantation

• region

a contract given to someone to establish a colony

• charter

• region

• agrarian society

• social contract

a geographic area that shares similar characteristics

• region

• agrarian society

• social contract

• cash crop

community whose economy is based on producing and maintaining crops and farmland

• agrarian society

• social contract

• cash crop

• exploration

an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits

• social contract

• cash crop

• exploration

• colonization

large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale

• plantation

• colonization

• exploration

• cash crop

a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use by the grower

• cash crop

• exploration

• plantation

• mercantilism