EUS 1 Vocabulary

conquistador

• the sharing of plants, animals, ideas, and technology between Europe and the Americas

• the study of weather over time

• a Spanish explorer who conquered lands around the world

• a symbol that shows the cardinal directions

Columbian Exchange

• to sell to other countries

• the sharing of plants, animals, ideas, and technology between Europe and the Americas

• men and women whose journey from England to the colonies was paid for by another person

• a tax on goods coming from another country

charter

• men and women whose journey from England to the colonies was paid for by another person

• a tax on goods coming from another country

• when a country sells more than it buys

• legal document given by the king of England

company

• investors who provided ships, tools, food, water, and protection for the people who moved to America

• to sell to other countries

• when a country sells more than it buys

• legal document given by the king of England

export

• legal document given by the king of England

• to sell to other countries

• when a country sells more than it buys

• a tax on goods coming from another country

favorable balance of trade

• legal document given by the king of England

• to sell to other countries

• when a country sells more than it buys

• a tax on goods coming from another country

import

• to buy from other countries

• investors who provided ships, tools, food, water, and protection for the people who moved to America

• a tax on goods coming from another country

• men and women whose journey from England to the colonies was paid for by another person

indentured servants

• legal document given by the king of England

• men and women whose journey from England to the colonies was paid for by another person

• economic system that uses raw materials used to make manufactured goods that would be exported

• a tax on goods coming from another country

mercantilism

• a tax on goods coming from another country

• economic system that uses raw materials used to make manufactured goods that would be exported

• men and women whose journey from England to the colonies was paid for by another person

• to buy from other countries

speculate

• to purchase large tracts of land and then resell them in smaller parts for profit

• men and women whose journey from England to the colonies was paid for by another person

• legal document given by the king of England

• to buy from other countries