How has Washington met the water needs of its residents, businesses, and farms? It built desalination plants to convert salt water into fresh water.
It imported fresh water from other states where it is more abundant.
It passed laws protecting the state’s scarce fresh water supplies.
It constructed a series of dams and canals to hold and transport water.

Match the vocabulary word with its meaning. 1. capitalism to change or improve something by correcting faults or removing abuses 2. chattel an economic system based on private ownership and competition motivated by profit 3. imperialism policy extending political, economic, or military rule over another 4. indentured an economic system where colonies supply goods to the mother country 5. mercantilism an agreement committing one person to be another's slave for a certain period of time 6. reform a type of slavery where the slave is the sole property of the master with no rights