Exploration Vocab

 Explorers lured by the prospect of lands filled with gold and silver

• conquistadors

• mestizos

• encomienda system

• Middle Passage

 a form of forced and unpaid labor of Natives used by Spanish leaders

• conquistadors

• mestizos

• encomienda system

• Middle Passage

a person with Native American and Spanish heritage

• conquistador

• mestizo

• encomienda system

• Middle Passage

refers to the stage of triangular trade in which slaves were transported to the New World

• conquistador

• mestizo

• encomienda system

• Middle Passage

communities organized based on ranks

• colonization

• hierarchy

• mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

the establishment of distant settlements controlled by the parent country

• colonization

• hierarchy

• mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

 the term given to the Americas after discovery

• colonization

• hierarchy

• mercantilism

• New World

a system in which countries believed trade was the best way to increase wealth and power, so they used other lands (colonies) for their benefit

• colonization

• hierarchy

• mercantilism

• New World

three sided trade of goods and slaves between Europe, Africa, and the New World

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange

the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old World and New World

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange