VS.4 Colonial Virginia - Vocabulary

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Agriculture

• The process of farming, growing crops, and raising animals.

• The process of creating goods in factories.

• The study of plant and animal behaviors.

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Cash Crop

• A crop that is grown for profit, only sold in Virginia.

• A crop that is grown to make a profit, rather than for use by the growers.

• A plant or animal that is grown and harvested for survival.

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Colony

• Land owned by another person.

• A group of people who focus on agriculture.

• A group of people who settle together in a new place.

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Barter

• To exchange goods or services without money.

• To donate items to charity.

• To use any form of money to purchase items for personal survival.

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Debt

• A way to earn more money at the bank.

• To pay for something you have already received.

• To pay for something you have not yet received.

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Credit

• To pay for goods or services after receiving them.

• To get goods or services before payment.

• A loan that requires immediate repayment.

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Capital Resource

• Any human-created good or service.

• Any human-created good or service made by using natural resources.

• Any nonhuman-created good or service made by using human resources.

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Natural Resource

• A type of resource grown naturally that can be used by humans to earn a profit.

• A type of resource that is only found in North American colonies.

• A type of resource created by humans that can earn a profit.

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Human Resource

• The group of people responsible for managing work-related issues.

• The people who work to make a product or provide a service.

• The people responsible for selling capital resources.

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Migrate

• To stay in one place permanently.
• To travel to a new place for a short period of time.

• To move from one place to another.