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Astrolabe   Intrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars  
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Capitalism   Economic system in which the means of production are privatly owned and operated for profit  
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Cartographer   mapmaker  
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cash crop economy   economy based on the raisng the selling of one crop or a small number of crops  
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Columbian Exchange   The business revolution that occurred in late 1400's  
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Commercial Revolution   The business revolution that occured in europe after the middle ages  
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COnquistador   name, meaning "conqueror", for certain explores of the 1500's and 1600's  
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Empire   Group of states or territories governed by one ruler  
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Encomienda   system created by the spanish government in the americas allowing colonists to demand labor or tribune from native americans  
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Epidemic   an outbreak of deisese that spreads quickly and affects a large number of people  
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Imperialism   domination by one country of the political economic or cultural lie of another region  
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indigenous   native country or region  
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Mercantism   Economic policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its national wealth  
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middle passage   THe voyage from africa to the aericans on slave ships  
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missionary   person dedicated to spreading a religion  
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Trade deficit   A situation un whitch a nation imports more then it exports  
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Circumnavigate   to travel all the way around the earth  
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Joint Stock Company   Private trading company in which shares are sold to investors to finance business venture  
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plantation   A large estate run by a owner or overseer and worked by laborers who lived there  
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CReole   Person who was born in the americas but whose parents wer both spanish settlers  
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Mestizo   person born in the americas whose parents were of native american and european decent  
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Peninsular   member of the highest class in the americas, born in europe  
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Mulatto   person born in the americas whose parents wer of african and european descent  
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