U1 Colonization Vocabulary

Traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

• exploration

• colonization

• migration

• mercantilism

A movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions

• exploration

• colonization

• migration

• mercantilism

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

• exploration

• colonization

• migration

• mercantilism

State sponsored settlement of people to new territories

• exploration

• colonization

• migration

• mercantilism

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

• plantation

• cash crop

• agrarian

• subsistence farming

Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale

• plantation

• cash crop

• agrarian

• subsistence farming

general term for agriculture; Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land

• plantation

• cash crop

• agrarian

• subsistence farming

Farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing

• plantation

• cash crop

• agrarian

• subsistence farming

An implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection

• charter

• region

• harbors

• social contract

A geographic area that share similar characteristics

• charter

• region

• harbors

• social contract