U.S. History Exploration Vocab

a set of principles that dominated economic thought in the seventeenth century; it held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver.

• Mercantilism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

• Socialism

Spanish conqueror of the Americas.

• Conquistador

• Explorer

• Settler

• Colonist

a settlement of people living in a new territory linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control.

• Colony

• Village

• City

• Outpost

Circumnavigate means to....

• Sail around North America

• Sail in a perfect circle

• Sail around the world

• Sail past the Gold Coast

system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas; landowners had the right, as granted by Queen Isabella, to use Native Americans as laborers.

• Encomienda

• Hacienda

• Mita

• Repartimiento

Fill in the blank: A (a)   is a small, fast, maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold and usually three masts with lateen sails.

Fill in the blank: The (a)   is the part of the triangular trade where enslaved people were taken from Africa by ships to the Americas.

What is the term for the trade route between Africa, the Americas, and Europe, in which goods from each location were traded at the next location?​ ​ (a)  

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade
• Silk Road

• Spice Trade

• Middle Passage

The exchange of ideas, food, diseases, people, and animals between the Old World and the New World.

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Transatlantic Slave Trade