Exploration and Colonization Vocabulary

Harbors

• such a body of water having docks or port facilities.
• military force made up of ordinary citizens
• producing enough to meet the needs of their families, 
• a geographic area that share similar characteristics

Exploration

• a geographic area that share similar characteristics
• state sponsored settlement of people to new territories
• a contract given to someone to establish a colony
• traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery

Colonization

• Traveling to a new territories for the purpose of discovery
• Political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people
  
• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories
  
• Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth

Mercantilism

• Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
• A geographic area that share similar characteristics
  
• A contract given to someone to establish a colony
  
• An agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefit
  

Representative Government

• An agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit
  
• Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale
  
• Political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people
  
• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories
  

Charter

• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories
  
• A contract given to someone to establish a colony
  
• A geographic area that share similar characteristics
  
• A body of water having docks or port facilities
  

Plantations

• Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale
  
• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories
  
• A contract given to someone to establish a colony
• An agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit
  

Region

• Traveling to a new territories for the purpose of discovery
• A geographic area that share similar characteristics
  
• Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale
  
• A body of water having docks or port facilities
  

Cash Crops

• A body of water having docks or port facilities
  
• Large agricultural enterprise where crops are grown for sale
  
• Economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
  
• An agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit
  

Social Contract

• An agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefit
• A contract given to someone to establish a colony
  
• Political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people
  
• State sponsored settlement of people to new territories