Exploration/Colonize Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| explorer | someone who travels in order to gain knowledge about land or discoveries |
| colony | a land ruled by a distant country |
| Christianity | the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ |
| compact | an agreement |
| 3 G's | Gold, God, and Glory (the 3 reasons for exploration and settlement) |
| colonist | a person living in a land ruled by a distant country |
| cash crop | a crop that is sold for money |
| export | a product that leaves a country |
| import | a product that is brought into a coutry |
| indentured servant | someone required to work for his or her freedom |
| House of Burgesses | first representative governmental group in American (Jamestown) |
| Columbian Exchange | plants, animals, and diseases from Europe, Asia, and Africa were introduced to the Americas, and numerous others were transferred from the Americas to Europe, Asia, and Africa. |
| migration | movement from one region to another |
| mercantilism | economic ($$$) policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for their home country |
| free enterprise system | economic ($$$) system characterized by freedom for consumers and producers |
| representative government | political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people |
| monarchy | a government where the ruler is born into or inherits their role (king or queen) |
| industry | economic ($$$) activity that involves the making of a particular product |
| agriculture | the practice of growing crops and raising livestock |
| conquistadors | a person who conquers new territory (mainly from Spain) |
| missionaries | a person sent by a foreign country to teach their religion and spread their faith |
| charter | written permission to claim land given by a government to an individual |
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