Chapter 4 Age of Exploration Vocabulary
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- Q1beyond or across the seaOVERSEAS30s
- Q2a small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sailsCARAVEL30s
- Q3a leader in the Spanish conquest of AmericaCONQUISTADORS30s
- Q4a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government controlCOLONY30s
- Q5the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social groupCULTURE30s
- Q6a government in powerREGIME30s
- Q7a set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century; it held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silverMERCANTILISM30s
- Q8to send a product or service for sale to another countryEXPORT30s
- Q9a large agricultural estatePLANTATION30s
- Q10the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the AmericasMIDDLE PASSAGE30s
- Q11a person born on the Iberian Peninsula; typically, a Spanish or Portuguese official who resided temporarily in Latin America for political and economic gain and then returned to EuropePENINSULARE30s
- Q12a person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanentlyCREOLE30s
- Q13a person of mixed European and native American Indian descentMESTIZO30s
- Q14a person of mixed African and European descentMULATTO30s
- Q15people with all their abilities and efforts; work performed by people that provides the goods or services in an economyLABOR30s