Colonization Vocabulary

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To send a group of settlers to a place so that that country may have control over the area.

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Colonize

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Treating someone poorly based on their race or religious beliefs.

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Persecution

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An economic system in which a country makes money through selling goods.

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Mercantilism

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An agreement between members of a society that serves to benefit everyone involved.

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Social Contract

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An area that is settled, owned, controlled by another country, usually far away.

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Colony

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PUSH FACTORS are negative characteristics that cause someone to want to move away from an area.

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True

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Good characteristics of an area that make you want to move there.

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Pull Factors

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A crop (plant) that is grown with the purpose of selling to make a large profit.

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Cash Crop

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To move to or come into one country from another

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Immigration