Unit 2 Part I Vocabulary List

Vocabulary flashcards created from the Unit 2 Part I vocabulary list covering key historical, economic, and social terms.

Forced Migration

The movement of people away from their homes due to factors beyond their control, such as conflict, violence, persecution, or natural disasters.

Natural Resources

Materials or substances found in nature that are useful or necessary for humans and other living organisms.

Indigenous People

The original inhabitants of a land or region, typically predating colonization or the establishment of current national boundaries.

Cash Crops

Agricultural crops that are planted for the purpose of selling on the market or for export to make profit.

Economics

The branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.

Monarchy

A form of government in which a king or a queen is the head.

Plantation

An estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.

Colony

A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

Manufacturing

The making of articles on a large scale using machinery; industrial production.

Agriculture

The science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products.

Maritime Trade

The exchange of goods and services conducted via sea routes.

Colonize

To send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it.

Religious Persecution

The mistreatment and discrimination of individuals or groups based on their religious beliefs or practices.

Inhabit

To live in or occupy a place or an environment.

Convert

To change one's belief on something, such as religion.