Chapter 4 Age of Exploration Vocabulary

beyond or across the sea

a small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails

a leader in the Spanish conquest of America

a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control

the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group

a government in power

a 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 silver

to send a product or service for sale to another country

a large agricultural estate

the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas

a 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 Europe

a person of European descent born in Latin America and living there permanently

a person of mixed European and native American Indian descent

a person of mixed African and European descent

people with all their abilities and efforts; work performed by people that provides the goods or services in an economy