Chapter 6 Flashcards
What is a wetland
Low-lying land where the water level is always near or above the surface of the land
What is the Piedmont
Area of high land at or near the foot of the mountain
What is the fall line
A place where a river drops from higher to lower land
What is Fertilizer
Materials added to the soil to make it more productive to help crops grow
What is a plantation?
A huge farm where tobacco, Cotton, rice, Sugarcane or indigo were the main crops grown
What is a union
The United States of America
What is the word secede mean
To leave
What does the word abolish mean
To end
What is the Confederacy
The Confederacy states of America, a new country that was from the southern states that seceded from the union after Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860
International trade what is it
Trade with other countries
What is raw material
A resource in its natural state such as a mineral, that can be used to manufacture a product
What does it mean to import
A good product that is brought into one country from another to be sold, to bring in goods from another country to sell
What is it mean to export
Export is a product shipped from one country to be sold in another. To sell goods to people in other countries
What is a cash crop
A crop people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves
What word means to an end
Abolish
Hey good that is brought into one country from another
Import
Land that is almost completely surrounded by water
Peninsula
Materials that are added to the soil to make it more fertile
Fertilizer