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Chapter 15 & 16
World History voc for selsky chapters 15&16
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9th Grade
02/27/2012

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cartographer
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mapmaker
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astrolabe
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instrument used to determine latitude by measuring the position of the stars
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caravel
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improved type of sailing ship in the 1400s
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scurvy
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the disease caused by the lack of vitamin c in someone's diet
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circumnavigate
Definition
travel all the way around the Earth
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matrilineal
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term for a family organization in which kinship ties are traced through the mother
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stupa
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large domelike Buddhist shrine
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padi
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field
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outpost
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distant military station
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sepoy
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Indian soldier who served in an army set up by the French or English East Indian company
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conquistador
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name for the Spanish expolorers who claimed lands in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s and 1600s
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immunity
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natural protection
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alliance
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formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another's defence
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cival war
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war fought between two groups of people in the same nation
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viceroy
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representative who ruled one of Spain's provinces in the Americas in the King's name; one who governed in India
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plantation
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large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who lived there
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encomienda
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right the Spanish government granted to its American colonist to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans
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peon
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worker forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt
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peninsular
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member of the highest class in Spain's colonies in the Americas
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creole
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person in Spain's colonies in the Americas who was an American-born
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mestizo
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person in Spain's colonies in the Americas who was of Native American and European descent
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mulatto
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in Spain's colonies in the Americas, person who was of African and European descent
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privateer
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pirate
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missionary
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someone sent on a religious mission
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revenue
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money taken through taxes
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compact
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agreement
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triangular trade
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colonial trade route among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves
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tariff
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tax on imported goods
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monopoly
Definition
complete control of a product or business by one person or group
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repeal
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cancel
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capitalism
Definition
economic system in which the means of production are privately owned and divide up markets
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inflation
Definition
economic cycle that involves a rapid rise in prices linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money available
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joint stock company
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private trading company in which shares are sold to investors to finance business ventures
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mercantilism
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policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver
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entrepreneur
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person who assumes financial risks in the hope of making a profit
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