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7th Grade
09/29/2011

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Armada
Definition
Afleet of ships
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Cash Crop
Definition
Crops grown and sold for profit
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Circumnavigation
Definition
Circling the globe
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Current
Definition
Moving streams of water
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Columbian Exchange
Definition
Movement of goods, people, ideas, and diseases
Term
Who were Muslim merchants not allowed to take as slaves?
Definition
Muslims
Term
Empire
Definition
Territories or nations under a single ruler or government
Term
Why were the slaves who stayed in Africa better off than others?
Definition
They had a chance of returning home
Term
Encomienda system
Definition
Spain gave land owners th right to use Native Americans as slaves
Term
Who were the first Europeans to use African slaves ?
Definition
Rome and Egypt
Term
Isolationism
Definition
Turning inward from the world
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Plantation Colony
Definition
Large agricultural estates that produced cash crops
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Wind
Definition
Movements of the air
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Caravel
Definition
A ship that has special sails for exploration
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Cartographer
Definition
map maker
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colony
Definition
Out post or settlements ruled by the home country
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Compass
Definition
Magnetised needle used to determine direction
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Conquistador
Definition
Spanish conquerers
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Gun powder
Definition
A mixture of chemicals that explodes when lit
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Latitude
Definition
The distance in degrees from the equator
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Trading post empire
Definition
Out post for the purpouse of trade
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Viceroy
Definition
royal representatives sent by Spain to rule the colonies
Term
Capital
Definition
Money used to invest in buisnesess
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Capitalism
Definition
People own property, make goods and buy and sell them freely
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Charter
Definition
Written agreement
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Commerce
Definition
Buying and selling of goods in large quantities
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Entrepreneur
Definition
Risk money in hopes of gaining profit
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Export
Definition
Goods or recources that are sold
Term
Import
Definition
Goods or resources that are bought
Term
Joint-stock Company
Definition
Allowed entrepreneurs to buy stocks or shares in a company
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Mercantilism
Definition
The theory that a nation became more powerfull by owning a large supply of Bullion or Gold and Silver
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Tariff
Definition
Taxes on imported goods
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Free Enterprise
Definition
The freedom of private buisness to compete for profits without government involvement
Term
Global Exploration
Definition
Exploring unknown regions of the world
Term
Inventions that made exploration possible
Definition
Compass and Astrolabe
Term
Five reassons why Europeans began Exploration
Definition
  • Wanted an all water route to asia
  • Wanted more power
  • Wanted to expand their Empires
  • New technology
  • Silk road became unsafe
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Trading with the Turks effects prices in Asia
Definition
Prices increased
Term
Helpful technology
Definition
  • Astrolabe
  • Compass
  • Caravels
  • rudder
  • gunpowder
  • triangular sails
Term
Rudder
Definition
made the ship easier to steer
Term
Asian goods Europe wanted
Definition
  • Porcelain
  • Silk
  • Perfume
Term
Malay States had _____ to Trade
Definition
Spices
Term
What country had Ivory?
Definition
India
Term
What crop started the slave trade?
Definition
Sugarcane
Term
What Explorer linked Europe to the Americas?
Definition
Columbus
Term
Prince Henry was from what county?
Definition
Pportugal
Term
what country found the first all water route to Asia?
Definition
Portugal
Term
What explorer's crew was first to circumnavigate the world?
Definition
Magellan
Term
what were the privateers from england that defeated the spanish treasure ships named?
Definition
Sea Dogs
Term
what country defeated the Spanish Armada?
Definition
England
Term
what was the name of spanish conqoerors?
Definition
conquistadors
Term
what country's trading post traded mostly fish and fur?
Definition
France
Term
What colony produces Cash Crops?
Definition
Plantation Colony
Term
who were royal representatives to spanish colonies?
Definition
Viceroy
Term
what people could be made slaves under the Encomienda System?
Definition
Native Americans
Term
what wast he name of French fur trappers?
Definition
Corers De Bois
Term
What county had the best relationship with the Native Americans?
Definition
France
Term
settelers from________ showed little interest in converting Native Americans to christianity
Definition
England
Term
______and______ were main powers in the Amercias by 1765
Definition
England and Spain
Term
____, ____, ____, ____, and ____ were produced on plantations using African slaves
Definition
  • Sugar
  • Rice
  • Tobacco
  • Indigo 
  • Cotton
Term
Why didn't Native Amercan's make good slaves?
Definition
They lacked immunity to European Diseases
Term
________ ________ worked for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the Americas?
Definition
Indentured Servants
Term
_________ were african officials appointed to exchange enslaved people with Europeans
Definition
Caboceers
Term
What was something Europeans might trade for slaves in Africa?
Definition
  • weapons
  • iron
  • cloth
Term
_______ ________ was the name of the middle part of the triangular trade
Definition
Middle Passage
Term
______ was the name given to runaway slaves in jamaica
Definition
Maroons
Term
_________ set up trading post along the coast of india
Definition
portugal
Term
How were Christian Missionaries treated by Asian nations?
Definition
They felt it was a threat to their power
Term
How did Japanese rulers feel about European Misionaries ?
Definition
They felt it was a threat to their power
Term
How is it that philipines, an Asian nation , primarily practices Catholisism?
Definition
Spanish Missionaries had great success in the philipines
Term
_______,_______, ________, ______ and ______ were known for their large, over seas empires
Definition
  • England
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Netherlands
  • France
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