Unit 4, Chapter 1 Vocabulary

recognized as being different from something else

• distinct

• keel boat

• sod

a railroad engine

• steam engine

• locomotive

• transcontinental

the production of items in large numbers for sale or trade

• manufacturing

• flatboat

• trade

a boat with a flat bottom and square corners that can be used to carry loads and can also be used as a house

• steam boat

• train

• flatboat

a building or group of buildings where good are produced

• producer

• grain

• mill

to send goods to sell in another country

• export

• consumer

• import

a person or company that makes or grows goods for sale

• producer

• export

• consumer

to bring goods into a country to sell there

• distinct

• import

• export

a large farm where cash crops are grown on behalf of the person who owns the land

• export

• manufacturing

• plantation

a person who purchases goods

• consumer

• import

• producer