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chapter10vocabhistor

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Caravel a SMALL FAST SHIP USED BY PORTUGESE AND SPANISH EXPLORERS.
Conquistador A SPANISH EXPLORER WHO CONQUERED LANDS IN THE AMERICAS.
Circumnavigate TO TRAVEL COMPLETELY AROUND THE WORLD.
Mercantilism A SYSTEM IN WHICH GOVERNMENT PROTECTS AND ENCOURAGES TRADE BASED ON THE THEORY THAT SUCH BUSINNESSES CREATE WEALTH.
Columbian Exchange THE EXCHANGE OF PLANTS, ANIMALS,MICROBES,PEOPLE,AND IDEAS BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS FOLLOWING COLOMBUS FIRST VOYAGE TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.
Capitalism A FREE MARKET ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN WHICH BUSINESSES ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND EXISTFOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING PROFITS.
Joint-Stock Company A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE FUNDED BY THE SALE OF SHARES TO MULTIPLE INVESTORS.
Northwest Passage A SEA ROUTE FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE PACIFIC ALONG THE NOTHERN COAST OF NORTH AMERICA.
Encomienda A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT ALLOWED EACH SETTLER IN THE SPANISH AMERICAS TO EXACT TRIBUTE MAINLY IN LABOR FROM A CERTAIN NUMBER OF NATIVE AMERICANS.
Mestizo A PERSON OF MIXED SPANISH AND NATIVE AMERICAN ANCESTRY.
Hacienda A LARGE PLANTATION IN A SPANISH SPEAKING COLONY.
Viceroy A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KING IN SPANISH AMERICAS.
Indentured Servant A PERSON UNDER CONTRACT TO WORK USUALLY WITHOUT PAY IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE PASSAGE TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES.
Viceroyalty A COLONY.
Prince Henry the Navigator HE WAS A PORTUGESE EXPLORER.
Christopher Columbus HE WAS AN ITALIAN EXPLORER, CONQUEROR AND NAVIGATOR.
Treaty of Tordesillas A BORDER LINE TO DIVIDE SPANISH AND PORTUGESE.
Vasco Nunez Balboa HE WAS AN EXPLORER AND A FORMER GOVERNOR.
Ferdinand Magellan A PORTUGESE EXPLORER WHO SAILED FOR SPAIN.
Hernando Cortés HE WAS A CONQUISTADOR AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW SPAIN.
Francisco Pizarro HE WAS A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW CASTLE.
Atahualpa WAS AN INCA EXPLORER AND DIEDIN PERU.
Bartolomeu Dias HE WAS A PORTUGESE MARNINER AND EXPLORER.
Vasco da Gama HE WAS A PORTUGESE EXPLORER THAT SAILED TO INDIA.
Dutch East India Company A POWERFUL DUTCH MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION FOUNDED IN 1602.
Henry Hudson HE WAS AN ENGLISH EXPLORER AND NAVIGATOR.
Juan Ponce de Leon AN EXPLORER AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado A SPANISH CONQUISTADOR AND EXPLORER.
Pedro Alvares Cabral A PORTUGESE EXPLORER.
New Amsterdam A ISLAND IN FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS.
Jamestown A CAPITAL OF SAINT AELENA.
Samuel de Champlain EXPLORER AND FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW FRANCE.
French and Indian War A WAR BETWEEN 1754 TO 1763.
Middle Passage A FORCED VOYAGE OF ENSLAVED AFRICANS.
Triangular Trade A HISTORICAL TRADE SYSTEM INVOLVING EUROPE, AFRICA, AND THE AMERICAS.
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