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7th Grade
SS - Colonization
Term | Definition |
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Import | A good brought into a country to be sold |
Mercantilism | An economic system used in Europe in the 18th century to increase a nation’s wealth by government regulation of all of the nation’s commercial interests (raw materials, colonies, etc) |
Missionaries | People sent on a religious journey to spread Christianity |
Middle Passage | The sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies |
Triangular Trade | Trade between the Americas, Africa, and the Caribbean islands |
Imperialism | The effort of a nation to create an empire of colonies |
Encomienda | Grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America giving the right to demand tax and forced labor from the native inhabitants of the area |
Exploitation | To take advantage of something at the cost of someone else |
Export | A good sent to another country to be sold |
Colony | An area under full or partial control of another country and occupied by settlers of that country |
Small pox | A highly contagious disease that causes fever and a rash and usually death |
Conquistadors | Spanish conquerors of the 16th century |