| A | B |
| work ethic | a belief in working hard |
| export | to ship a product to another country to sell it there |
| cash crop | something that is grown for a profit |
| indentured servant | a person who sold his services for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America |
| buffer zone | an area of safety between people in conflict |
| plantation | a large farm where one main crop is grown |
| John Rolfe | discovered that tobacco would grow in Virginia |
| Captain John Smith | introduced the tough, but successful policy to Jamestown - only people who worked would get food |
| immune | to be protected from an illness because of previous exposure to it |
| dugout canoe | a boat that is made by hollowing out a log |
| staple crop | the most important crop grown in an area |