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Unit 2 Exploration

2.2 Colonial Societies and Slavery (Content Statements 4, 15, 16)

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colonizingto takeover another territory and establish a colony in; settle.
economic reasonsEuropeans explored North America in pursuit of new trade routes to AsiaResources such as gold and silver and goods that had a market in Europe
inhabitto live or dwell in a place
religious reasonsfor Europeans coming to North America: escaping religious persecution, creating a religious utopia and converting American Indians to Christianity.
colonizing powersBritish, French, Spanish, Swedes, and Dutch who competed to control settlement and colonization of North America.
rivalrycompetition between two groups competing for the same goal
cash cropsfarm crop raised to be sold for money.
cultural biasinterpreting and judging people and events by standards based one's own culture.
prejudicean unfavorable opinion formed beforehand without knowledge, thought, or reason.
sterotypeform of prejudice that sees members of other groups of people as all the same.
economicrelating to the production, distribution, and the use of income, wealth, and goods for trade “buying and selling to survive”
politicalrelating to government (the relationship between people and government) “rules, laws and leadership”
socialRelating to the organization of society, especially relating to classes according to status “the way people live”


Mr. Mayfield

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