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Colonization: S. Am.
Terms related to colonization of western hemisphere
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MERCANTILISM | an economic policy where the mother country had a favorable balance of trade (made more money) with its colonies. *Mother country makes money! |
| colonize | people from one country settle and build villages, cities in a new land. |
| CONQUISTADORS | the Spanish explorers who conquered the Americas (ex. Pizzaro, Cortes) |
| COLOMBIAN EXCHANGE | transfer of plants, animals and diseases that occurred between Europe and the "New World" |
| FAVORABLE BALANCE of TRADE | when a country sells more goods to other countries than it buys from other countries |
| ENCOMIENDA SYSTEM | Spanish plantation (big farms) systems where Native American and Africans worked for Spanish owners |
| CREOLE | in Spanish encomienda system, a colonist who was born in Latin America to Spanish parents |
| MESTIZO | a person from South American with Spanish and Native American parents American ancestry |
| MULATTO | a person from South America with Spanish and African parents |
| Peninsulares | Spanish colonist who owned large farms - highest social class in encomienda system |
| colonies | villages and cities on one land that another country controls |
| triangular trade | goods from Europe to Africa then slaves from Africa to the Americas. Crops from America sent to Europe. |
| God, Gold, Glory | 3 things that caused Europeans to explore the Americas. |
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