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Unit 2 Vocab
vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Navigation | Finding direction & following routes at sea |
| Merchant | Person who makes their living buying and selling goods |
| Barter | to exchange goods for other goods rather than using money |
| expedition | a journey to an unknown place for a special purpose |
| Colony | region controlled by a distant country meant to make a profit for the home country |
| Columbian Exchange | movement of animals plants and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Empire | several territories or nation ruled by one ruler or government |
| Conquistador | Spanish explorer & soldier who came to the New World |
| Northwest Passage | Fake water route across North America |
| Merchant Company | A group of businessmen who shared the coast of a voyage |
| Allies | A political & military = friend |
| import | goods coming into a country from another country |
| export | goods going to another country for sale |
| charter | an official document that grants its holder specific rights |
| Cash crop | crops grown in bulk to be sold for a profit |
| pilgrim | someone who travels to a special place for a religious reason |
| indentured servant | person who works as a slave for five to seven years in return for having expenses paid |
| House of Burgesses | Virginia's law making body |
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