Unit 2: Coming to America Exploring and Colonization
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| explorer | someone who travels in order to gain knowledge about land or discoveries
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| colony | a land ruled by a distant country
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| Christianity | the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ
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| compact | an agreement
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| 3 G's | Gold, God, and Glory (the 3 reasons for exploration and settlement)
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| colonist | a person living in a land ruled by a distant country
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| cash crop | a crop that is sold for money
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| export | a product that leaves a country
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| import | a product that is brought into a coutry
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| indentured servant | someone required to work for his or her freedom
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| House of Burgesses | first representative governmental group in American (Jamestown)
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| Columbian Exchange | plants, animals, and diseases from Europe, Asia, and Africa were introduced to the Americas, and numerous others were transferred from the Americas to Europe, Asia, and Africa.
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| migration | movement from one region to another
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| mercantilism | economic ($$$) policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for their home country
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| free enterprise system | economic ($$$) system characterized by freedom for consumers and producers
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| representative government | political system where policies are created by representatives selected by the people
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| monarchy | a government where the ruler is born into or inherits their role (king or queen)
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| industry | economic ($$$) activity that involves the making of a particular product
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| agriculture | the practice of growing crops and raising livestock
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| conquistadors | a person who conquers new territory (mainly from Spain)
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| missionaries | a person sent by a foreign country to teach their religion and spread their faith
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| charter | written permission to claim land given by a government to an individual
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