S.S. Ch. 6 Vocabulary

land that has water almost all around it

• wetland

• peidmont

• fall line

• peninsula

low-lying land where the water level is always near or above the surface of the land

• fall line

• wetland

• growing season

• hurricane

an area of high land at or near the foot of a mountain

• piedmont

• plantation

• peninsula

• secede

a place where the river drops from higher to lower land

• piedmont

• hurricane

• fall line

• growing season

the period of time when the weather is warm enough for crops to grow

• growing season

• cash crop

• fertilizer

• hurricane

a huge tropical storm with heavy rains and winds of at least 74 miles per hour

• tornado

• thunder storm

• blizzard

• hurricane

matter added to the soil to make it more productive to help crops grow

• growing season

• peninsula

• fertilizer

• cash crop

to end

• secede

• Union

• abolish

• plantation

a huge farm where tobacco, cotton, rice, sugarcane, or indigo were the main crops grown

• wetland

• fall line

• plantation

• peninsula

the practice of making one person the property of another person

• The Missouri Compromise

• slavery

• abolish

• Confederacy