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World History
Chapter 6A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| plantation | a large agricultural estate |
| Triangular Trade | trade route that connected Europe (manufactured goods), Africa (slaves), and the Americas (raw materials) |
| Middle Passage | journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas; the middle section of the triangular trade route |
| conquistadores | Spanish conquerors of the Americas |
| colony | settlement of people living in a new territory, linked to the parent country by trade and direct government control |
| mercantilism | economic principle from the 17th century that a nation's prosperity depended on a large supply of gold and silver |
| balance of trade | difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time |