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Chapter 2 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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astrolabe | early navigation tool |
circumnavigate | to sail around the world |
Pacific | means peaceful |
conquistadors | Spanish explorers |
peninsulars | Spanish upper class |
pueblos | Spanish towns in the Americas |
missions | Spanish religious communities |
encomienda | the right to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans |
plantation | a large farm |
mercantilism | the theory that a nation's power depended on its wealth |
Columbian Exchange | the exchange of goods between Europe and the Americas |
Northwest Passage | a water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers |
coureurs de bois | "runners of the woods" |