Unit 2 Vocab Review

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Instrument for sailors to find location by stars and planets.

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Astrolabe

Front

Sailing around the world

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circumnavigate

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Spanish conqueror of the Americas

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Conquistador

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French fur traders among Native Americans

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Coureur de bois

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Spanish system allowing colonists to demand labor from Native Americans.

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encomienda

Front

to set up or create

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establish

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Economic policy to increase wealth by acquiring gold/silver and exporting more than importing.

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mercantilism

Front

Science of planning and controlling a ship's direction

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navigation

Front

People in New World Spanish colonies born in Spain.

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peninsular

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Communal village by indigenous people of the SW United States

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pueblos