| A | B |
| mercantilism | the theory that states a nation's power depends on its trade and increasing its gold supply |
| export | to sell abroad |
| import | to bring goods into a country to sell |
| subsistence farming | a type of farming in which the farmers produce just enough to survive |
| smuggling | trading illegally with nations |
| Triangle Trade | Trade routes between England, the colonies, Africa, and the West Indies |
| Middle Passage | The shipping of enslaved Africans to the West Indies |
| cash crops | crops that could be sold easily in markets in the colonies and overseas. |
| diversity | another word for variety |
| tidewater | a region of flat, low-lying plains along the coast |
| backcountry | a region of hills and forests near the Appalachian Mountains. |