Exploration & Colonzation Vocab

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Sail or travel around the world.

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circumnavigate

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A Spanish conqueror in the Americas during the 1500s

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Conquistador

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A person who spreads religious beliefs to others

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missionary

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Definition of the "Columbian Exchange"?

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Exchange of goods, ideas, and skills between the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) and the New World (Americas).

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7.2

7.2.a

7.2.b

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System by wealthy Europeans converting colonial raw materials into products for profit.

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mercantilism

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Cash crop purpose?

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To sell for profit

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First people to settle an area

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indigenous

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To take a person's freedom and force them to work without pay

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enslave

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Settling and controlling Indigenous people of an area

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Colonization

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Word meaning 'able to withstand and recover quickly from difficult conditions.'

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Resilience