Social Studies Unit 1 Chapter 1 Vocabulary

relying chiefly on agriculture and farming

• agrarian

• archipelago

• currency

• depletion

chain of islands

• agrarian

• archipelago

• currency

• depletion

a system of money

• agrarian

• archipelago

• currency

• depletion

reduction in quantity

• agrarian

• archipelago

• currency

• depletion

difficult to locate

• elusive

• mutiny

• Northwest passage

• depletion

rebellion of a ship's crew against the captain

• elusive

• mutiny

• Northwest passage

• depletion

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

• elusive

• mutiny

• Northwest passage

• depletion

A system of trades for goods and services that uses money, rather than barter, or exchange of goods

• Currency

• archipelago

• Monetary Economy

• Depletion