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Chapter 2 vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| astrolabe | early navigation tool |
| circumnavigate | to sail around the world |
| Pacific | means peaceful |
| conquistadors | Spanish explorers |
| peninsulars | Spanish upper class |
| pueblos | Spanish towns in the Americas |
| missions | Spanish religious communities |
| encomienda | the right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans |
| plantation | a large farm |
| mercantilism | the theory that a nation's power depended on its wealth |
| Columbian Exchange | the exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas |
| Northwest Passage | a water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers |
| coureurs de bois | "runners of the woods" |