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unit 4.1 vocab ss

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Caravel Portuguese/Spanish ship used for long voyages (high speed); mainly used from 15th to 17th centuries
.Lateen sail triangular sails could easily catch wind coming from many directions allowing ship to travel in different directions
Maize type of corn; Incas developed a terrace system to grow it
Trans- Atlantic slave trade Europeans enslaved African men, women, and children, and took them to the Americas
Chattel slavery individuals were property to be bought and sold
Conquistadors Spanish conquerors
Hacienda : land given to conquistadors for their efforts, sugar plantations
Mita forced labor used by the indigenous people by the SPANISH, used by the Incans first, a draft of people to work the land
Queen Nzinga ruler of Ndongo; became an ally of Portugal
Peninsulas top of casta system; people born on the Iberian peninsula
Criollos/ creoles middle of casta system; people of European ancestry born in the Americas
Mestizos people of mixed European and indigenous ancestry
Mulattos : people of mixed European and African ancestry
Astrolabe used by sailors to determine their distance north or south of the equator; improved by Muslims
Encomienda coercive labor system; landowners convinced indigenous people to work for them in exchange for food and shelter, land and labor
Indentured Servitude servants worked for a certain number of years in exchange for passage
Mercantilism trade = wealth; maximize exports and minimize imports, finite amount of gold and silver in the world, created competition (finite- limited)
Nat Turners Rebellion : led a rebellion of enslaved people on August 21, 1831; led to harsher slavery legislation
Joint Stock Companies business owned by shareholders where they can sell or buy shares from each other
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