Unit 2 Vocabulary Colonial Development

Traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery.

• Subsistence Farming

• Exploration

• Colonization

State sponsored settlement of people to new territories.

• Colonization

• Exploration

• Charter

An economic theory whose goal is building a state's (Country's) wealth and power by increasing exports and accumulating precious metals in return.

• Mercantilism

• Representative Government

• Cash Crop

A large farm.

• Plantation

• Subsistence Farming

• Migration

An area defined by a feature or characteristic.

• Region

• Plantation

• Colonization

What navigation tool helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator?

• magnetic compass

• astrolabe

• telescope

• maps

Which navigation tool helped European sailors know which direction they were going?

• astrolabe

• magnetic compass

• maps

• none of them

Who started a Portuguese navigation school around 1419?

• Leif Ericsson

• Vasco de Gama

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Diaz

Which direction did Columbus sail in his attempt to reach Asia?

• north

• south

• east

• west

What did King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella want Columbus to trade for in Asia?

• gold and spices

• lumber and fish

• cotton and wood

• horses and cattle