Age of Exploration

A disease that causes high fever and often death

• hostage

• smallpox

• ambush

• entrepreneur

a Spanish soldier who conquered people of other lands

• cottage industry

• plantation

• conquistador

• commerce

a surprise attack

• allies

• cottage industry

• mercantilism

• ambush

one who organizes, pays for, and takes on the risk of setting up a business.

• commerce

• hostage

• entrepreneur

• circumnavigate

those who support each other for some common purpose

• allies

• commerce

• plantation

• conquistadors

An exchange of goods; business

• entrepreneur

• commerce

• mercantilism

• circumnavigate

an economic theory that depends on a greater amount of exports than imports to increase a country's supply of gold and silver

• allies

• hostage

• commerce

• mercantilism

a large estate or farm that used enslaved people or hired workers to grow and harvest crops

• cash crops

• plantation

• cottage industry

• conquistador

Crops grown in large amounts to be sold for profit

• hostage

• cash crops

• plantaion

• allies

to sail completely around the world

• hostage

• circumnavigate

• commerce

• allies