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Southeast Region
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Social Studies
4th Grade
04/23/2012

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Term
peninsula
Definition
Land that has water almost all around it.
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wetland
Definition
Low-lying land where the water level is always near or above the surface of the land.
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piedmont
Definition
An area of high land at or near the foot of a mountain.
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fall line
Definition
A place where a river drops from higher to lower land.
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growing season
Definition
The period of time when the weather is warm enough for crops to grow.
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hurricane
Definition
A huge tropical storm with heavy rains and winds of more than 73 miles per hour.
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fertilizer
Definition
Materials added to the soil to make it more productive to help crops grow.
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plantation
Definition
A huge farm where tobacco, cotton, rice, sugarcane, or indigo were the main crops.
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slavery
Definition
The practice of making one person the property of another person.
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cash crop
Definition
A crop people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves.
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abolish
Definition
To end.
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Union
Definition
The United States of America.
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secede
Definition
To leave.
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Confederacy
Definition
The Confederate States of America, a new country that was formed by the Southern states that seceded from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
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civil war
Definition
A war between groups of people in the same country.
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export
Definition
A product shipped from one country to be sold in another-to sell goods to people in another country.
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import
Definition
A good, or product, that is brought into one country from another to be sold-to bring in goods from another country to compromise.
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double bar graph
Definition
A kind of bar graph that compares two sets of numbers.
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international trade
Definition
Trade with other countries.
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raw materials
Definition
A resource in its natural state, such as a mineral, that can be used to manufacture a product.
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