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List of Words for Letter 'P'

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• packet boat a boat that carries passengers, freight, and mail at set times over a set route
• parallel a line of latitude
• Patriot a colonist who was opposed to British rule
• patroon a land owner in New Netherland who had to bring 50 settlers to the colony to help settle his land
• pioneer a person who is among the first of non-native people to settle a region
• plateau a large area of flat land, higher than the surrounding country
• political cartoon a drawing that tells readers about events or people in the news
• pollution anything that dirties the air, soil, or water
• population density a measurement of how many people live within a certain area
• precipitation moisture that falls as rain, snow, sleet or hail
• prehistory the time before written records
• primary source an artifact, photograph, or spoken or written eyewitness account of an event in the past
• profit the money a business earns after it pays for tools, salaries, and other costs
• Prohibition the 18th amendment to the Constitution that made the sale of alcohol illegal
• proprietor owner of a colony
• public transportation transportation systems, such as buses, subways, and trains, usually found in larger cities