New World Vocabulary Flashcards
1
Q
___ is the establishment of outlying settlements
A
Colonization
2
Q
_____ _____ is the transfer beginning with Columbus’ first voyage.
A
Columbian Exchange
3
Q
____ is a large farm.
A
Plantation
4
Q
____ ____ _____ is when businesses and investors pool their wealth
A
Joint Stock Company
5
Q
A _____ ____ _____ is a legal grant of land to settlers
A
head-right system
6
Q
____ ____ was a system where people paid for their passage to the New World by working for an employer for a certain number of years
A
Indentured Servant
7
Q
Some of the early Virginia settlers were _____.
A
Cavaliers
8
Q
Granting ownership of property is called _____.
A
Proprietor
9
Q
A _____ is the granting of authority or rights.
A
Charter
