chapter four Flashcards
region
An area that shares physical or human characteristics
Proprietor
Someone who owns land or property
Diverse
Showing a great deal of variety
Barter
To trade one good for another
Exporter
A product sold to other countries
Import
A product brought from other countries
Raw materials
A resource that can be made into other products
Mercantilism
An economic idea popular in the 1600’s and 1700’s, which suggested that governments should limit imports but increase manufacturing and exports, especially to colonies
triangular trade
A pattern of trade that developed during the 1600’s and 1700’s that had three parts and linked the 13 colonies with Europe, Africa, and the West Indies.
Artisans
A person specialized in one type of work or trade
Slavery
The act of buying and selling people
Middle passage
The forced voyage of enslaved Africans on ships across the Atlantic Ocean from west Africa to the west Indies as part of the triangular trade route from the 1500’s to the mid- 1800’s.
Uprising
A revolt
boundry
A line that divides an area
King Philip’s War
A war beetween the colines and american idnians in 1637 led by metacome also knowen as king philip.
ally
A military partner
