Word Bank – Exploration & Colonization Economic Social Political Industrious Revival Tolerance Colonization Regions Agriculture Mercantilism Trans-Atlantic Plantation Raw materials Natural Resources Manufacturing Immigration Protestant Representative gov’t Self-government

A Economic Economics: The process or system by which goods and services are produced, sold, and bought in a country or region.

B Social Social: Relating to people or society in general, the interaction of the individual and the group, or the welfare of human beings as members of society.

C Political Political: Relating to government, a government, or the conduct of government.

Revival F Revival: A period of renewed religious interest; an often highly emotional evangelistic meeting or series of meetings.

G Tolerance Tolerance: A willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own.

H Colonization Colonization: A group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

Regions I Regions: A part of a country, of the world, that is different or separate from other parts in some way.

J Agriculture Agriculture: The science or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products.

K Mercantilism Mercantilism: A system based on profitable trading. Countries adopted trade policies that favored the flow of wealth from the colonies to the mother country.

L Trans-Atlantic Trans-Atlantic: An act of going across the Atlantic Ocean; involving people or countries on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

M Plantations Plantation: A large area of land especially in a hotter part of the world where crops (such as cotton) are grown.

N Raw Materials Raw materials: The basic material that can be used to make or create something from the earth.

O Natural Resources Natural Resources: Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

P Manufacturing Manufacturing: The making of goods by manual labor or machinery.

Q Immigration Immigration: The act of coming to live permanentely in a foreign country.

S Representative Government Representative Government: A form of government in which a person represents others; in which voters elect people to act on their behalf.

T Self-Government Self-government: Control of the government of a state, community, or other body by its own members.