"Spanish settlers grew crops of sugarcane on large farms known as plantations."   What is a plantation?

"Settlers in Brazil grew cash crops such as sugarcane, tobacco, coffee, and cotton.  A cash crop is a crop that is grown in large quantities to be sold for profit."  What is a cash crop?

"In time, this mingling of Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans gave rise to a new culture."  What does it mean to give rise to a new culture?

"The English government was interest in the natural resources from overseas territories."  What are natural resources?

"Spain and Portugal took advantage of the gold and silver they gained from their empires." This led to the theory of mercantilism.  The key idea is that a country's power depends on it wealth."  What does mercantilism mean?

"Commerce is the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances."  What would be commerce?

"In the 1600s, Europeans developed new business methods."  What is a method?

So, a new type of businessperson called an entrepreneur emerged who invested into projects to make money from the success of the project.  What is an entrepreneur?

"Entrepreneurs invest, or put money into a project.  Their goal is to make money from the success of the project." What does invest mean?