week 15 Flashcards
a payment for services performed
wage
a large farm
plantation
people who are owned by someone else and made to work for no pay
enslaved people
the work performed by enslaved people for no wages
slave labor
a resident of the Northern region of the United States
Northerner
a resident of the Southern region of the United States
Southerner
a system of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
economy
the business of cultivating land, producing crops and raising livestock
agriculture
outside of a city; living or found in the country
rural
a tax on imported or exported goods
tariff (n.)
an amount of money levied by a government on its citizens and used to run the government
tax (n.)
to bring something in from another country
import (v.)
owner of enslaved people
master
an infectious disease caused by a parasite and transmitted by mosquitoes
malaria
a heavy farming tool with a sharp blade or blades for breaking up soil and making furrows, usually
pulled by a tractor or animal
plow (n.)
