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Chapter Voc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cartographer | map maker |
| Astrolabe | an instrument developed by the ancient Greeks & perfected by the Arabs,to determine their latitude at sea |
| Caravel | triangular sails |
| Scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C in their diets during months at sea |
| Circumnavigate | sail around |
| Henry the Navigator | he embodied the crusading drive & the new spirit of exploration |
| Vasco de Gama | led 4 ships around the Cape of Good Hope |
| Christopher Columbus | an Italian navigator from the port of Genoa |
| Vasco Nunez de Balboa | spanish adventurer |
| Ferdinand Magellan | he charted a passage that became known as the Strait of Magellan |
| Conquistador | name for the spanish explorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s & 1600s |
| Immunity | natural protection |
| Alliance | formal agreement between two or more |
| Civil War | war fought between 2 groups of people in the same nation |
| Hernan Cortes | one of the earliest conquistador |
| Moctezuma | Aztec emperor |
| Francisco Pizarro | he captured Atahualpa after slaughtering thousands of his followers |
| Viceroy | representative who rules in his name, in each province |
| Plantation | large estates run by an owner or the owners overseer |
| Encomienda | the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area |
| Peon | worker forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt |
| Peninsular | people whom are born in Spain |
| Creole | American-born descendant of Spanish settlers |
| Mestizo | people of Native American & European descent |
| Mulatto | people of African & European descent |
| Privateer | a pirate |
| Missionary | someone sent on a religious mission |
| Revenue | money taken in through taxes |
| Compact | agreement |
| Samuel de Champlain | was an explorer, geographer, & a mapmaker |
| Louis XIV | a French king |
| Jamestown | first permanent colony that was built |
| Mayflower Compact | document that was agreed among people |
| French & Indian War | war fought between French & India |
| Treaty of Paris | ended the world wide war |
| Triangular trade | 3 legged trade network |
| Repeal | to cancel |
| Monopoly | gold minning & slave trading |
| Middle Passage | the middle of the passage |
| Asante | people who traded with the europeans on the coast |
| Inflation | amount of money available today |
| Capitalism | investment of money to make a profit |
| Entrepreneur | enterprising merchant, organized, managed, & assume the risk of doing business |
| Joint stock company | developed in Medieval times & grew importances |
| Mercantilism | a document the European monarch developed |
| Tariff | taxes on imported good |
| Columbian Exchange | called that because the global exchange began with Columbus |
| Commercial revolution | the opening direct links with Asia, Africa, & the Americas had farreaching economic consequences |
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