1. to be forced to work for no pay and without the freedom to leave

 a person, group, or nation that unites with another in order to do something

the science of determining a ship’s location and direction of travel

1. a person who received a large estate from the Dutch West India Company for bringing 50 settlers to  the New Netherlands colony

a person who tries to persuade people to accept new religious beliefs

a large area of land given to loyal Spainards willing to settle in the Americas

1. a person who makes a living from buying and selling goods

the movement of people, plants, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic Ocean

1. a passage that Europeans thought would cross through America

1. the route Chinese traders brought goods to western Asia