6th Grade - Gallopade Ch 5.1 & 5.2

the region of land drained by a river and its tributaries

• tributary

• ocean

• river basin

• waterfall

a river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake

• river basen

• ocean

• gulf

• tributary

related to or engaged in the buying and selling of goods

• commercial

• monopoly

• bureaucracy

• monarchy

exclusive control of a product or service in a particular market

• commercial

• monarchy

• monopoly

• bureaucracy

an area of land where the ground is usually covered with water, such as a swamp, bog or marsh

• wetland

• silt

• mercantilism

• cash crop

fine sand, soil or clay carried by running water and deposited on land

• wetland

• silt

• mercantilism

• cash crop

an economic policy in which the goal is to gain wealth by exporting more goods than are imported

• wetland

• silt

• mercantilism

• cash crop

a crop grown for the purpose of selling it rather than consuming it

• wetland

• silt

• mercantilism

• cash crop

French explorer who established a settlement near the mouth of the Mississippi River and claimed the land of present day Louisiana for the country of France

• Robert LaSalle

• Iberville

• Bienville

• St Denis

French explorer who went with his brother to establish settlements in the Louisiana colony and was the commander of Fort Maurepas.

• Robert LaSalle

• Crozat

• Bienville

• St Denis