Colonization and Exploration Concepts

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What is the process of establishing settlements in new territories called?

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Colonization

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___________ is the act of traveling to new areas to discover and claim them.

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Exploration

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The exchange of goods and services; a key driver of exploration and colonization.

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Trade

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Religious Tolerance is

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allowing people to practice different religions freely.

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An economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country is:

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Mercantilism

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A system where people elect leaders to make decisions on their behalf.

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Representative Government

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When people or a colony govern themselves independently.

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Self-Government

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Cash crop agriculture

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Farming crops to sell for profit, such as tobacco and cotton

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The forced movement of Africans to the Americas to work as slaves.

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Transatlantic slave trade