Exchange of money, goods, and/or services.

The belief that humans (not religion) are the source of cultural and scientific advances

Development of a market economy that uses machinery to produce and distribute goods and services

The organization of people into a common, shared identity.

A person who supports with money or gifts an artist, writer, charity, etc.

A charge for a loan

Commercial class. A group who gained wealth through trading, running shops, or doing skilled labor.

A system based on establishing colonies as a source of raw materials and as the market for goods from the ruling country

To strengthen or support with other evidence

Having to do with living together in communities.

Having to do with citizens and government.

The amount of a good or service sellers are willing to sell at a certain price. Higher prices usually = higher supply

How much people want of a good or service at a certain price. Higher prices usually = lower demand

What a seller and buyer agree on for an exchange

One bound in servitude as the property of a person or household

Term for the portion of the Triangle Trade in which slaves were shipped from Africa to the Americas

A region controlled by a distant country

A conqueror; term usually applied to armed Spanish explorers during the Age of Exploration