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ch 5 section 2
Central America & the Caribbean History
Question | Answer |
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cash crops | crops grown for profit |
scarcity | shortage |
exploited | took advantage of |
triangular trade | trade among three continents: The Americas, Europe, and Africa |
multitudes | numbers |
staple | main food of an area |
Maize | corn |
viceroys | governors who represented the Spanish king and queen |
provinces | smaller parts of a larger nation |
harbors | places where ships could land protected from the open sea |
dictator | one person who leads with complete control |
commonwealth | a nation that governs itself but is part of a larger country |