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SS Test Terms
Term | Definition |
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Armada | A fleet of warships |
Trading Post Empire | Explorers set up outposts for the purpose of trade |
Plantation Colony | Large estates that produced cash crops |
Cash Crop | One or two products grown for a profit |
Settler Colony | Territories governed by the homeland |
Viceroy | Royal representatives |
Encomienda System | Gave landowners the right to use labor |
Tenant Farmer | Paid rent and worked a fixed number of days |
Coureurs de Bois | Runners of the Woods |
Charter | Written agreement,promising rights and freedom |
Representative Assembly | Elected representatives spoke for the people |
Colonialism | Building of settlements in other lands |
Migration | The movement of people |
Plantation | The large agricultural estates that produced cash crops |
Immunity | Is the body's ability to resit infection |
Indentured Servants | Signed contracts to work for a set number of years to pay off a trip |
Capitalism | Where people risk money to invest in new businesses wanting to make even more money. |
Caboceers | Special African officers appointed by governments to exchange enslave people with Europeans. |
Populous | Having a large population. |
Famine | An extreme shortage of food. |
Hemisphere | A half of a sphere |
Ancestry | One's family or ethnic descent |
Heritage | The traditions, achievements, beliefs, etc., that are part of the history of a group or nation |
Sea Dogs | People who had a license from the government to attack ships from other countries. |
Joint Stock Company | Where privately owned companies sell stock to a partial ownership. |
Mercantlism | The belief of a nation's power were depended on owning gold and silver. |