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World History 17
Exploration and Colonialization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails | Caravel |
| a leader in the Spanish conquest of America | conquistador |
| a person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently | creole |
| common beliefs of a racial group, religion or region | culture |
| to select for some purpose; to conscript | draft |
| send a product overseas to sell | export |
| a business where stocks are bought and owned by shareholders | joint stock company |
| people with all their abilities and efforts; work performed by people that provides the goods or services in an economy | labor |
| prosperity of a nation depends on a large supply of gold and silver | mercantilism |
| a person of mixed European and Native American descent | mestizo |
| a forced voyage of enslaved africans over the Atlantic ocean | middle passage |
| a a labor system that the Spanish administrators in Peru used to draft native people to work | mita |
| a person of mixed African and European descent | mulatto |
| beyond or across the sea | overseas |
| a person born on the Iberian Peninsula; typically, a Spanish or Portuguese | penninsulare |
| a large farm | plantation |
| a payment made by the government too encourage business | subsidy |
| a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control | colony |
| a system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas; Spanish landowners had the right, as granted by Queen Isabella, to use Native Americans as laborers | eoncomienda |