UNIT2-Key words EOY

Question 1

Colony-

Answer 1

an area of land ruled by another country. E.g. The New England Virginia colonies in North America.

Question 2

Maritime-

Answer 2

to do with the sea.

Question 3

Colonise-

Answer 3

to take over land and rule it, with settlers moving there. The process is called colonisation.

Question 4

Settlers-

Answer 4

people who move to live in another place, to start a new community somewhere.

Question 5

Foreign Policy-

Answer 5

The fancy name given to one country’s relationship with others either through war or diplomacy.

Question 6

Voyage-

Answer 6

a long sea journey.

Question 7

Privateer-

Answer 7

A ship’s captain with royal permission to attack and steal from foreign ships. They are not pirates.

Question 8

Plunder-

Answer 8

stolen goods, usually taken by violence.

Question 9

‘New World’-

Answer 9

it used to refer to the continents of North and South America, and the Caribbean. ‘The Americas’

Question 10

Circumnavigated-

Answer 10

to travel around something.

Question 11

Indigenous-

Answer 11

the people who originally lived in a place. E.g. the Powhatan were Indigenous Americans.

Question 12

Armada-

Answer 12

a huge fleet of ships to attack a country. The Spanish Armada tried to invade England in 1588.

Question 13

Joint Stock Company-

Answer 13

a Tudor invention. A type of company where all the men of the company bought shares (stocks) which
funded their colonisation attempt or trading. Any profits made they would then get a share of.

Question 14

Indenture-

Answer 14

Indenture-Many men had their passage (journey) to the New World paid for by the Virginia company or wealthy landowners.
In return they worked the land for seven years. If they survived they were promised land and a house

Question 15

Puritans-

Answer 15

very strict Protestants who wanted to ‘purify’ the Church.

Question 16

Alliance-

Answer 16

working together with another country.

Question 17

Cash Crops-

Answer 17

crops grown in the ‘New World’ to make money. E.g. Tobacco grown in Virginia

Question 18

Ambassador-

Answer 18

someone sent to another country to act as a representative of a government

Question 19

‘Moors’-

Answer 19

‘Moors’-name given to people of Muslim or African heritage in Tudor England.

Question 20

Charter-

Answer 20

a written document which gives rights. Charters were given to companies to have the right to trade.