Vocabulary Flashcards

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a conqueror of one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

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Conquistador

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The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable disease, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres

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Columbian exchange

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.

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Mercantilism

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an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Capitalism

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an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars. It was effectively eradicated through vaccination by 1979.

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Small pox

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a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.

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Triangular trade

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the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies

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Middle passage

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belonging to or associated with former times, esp. when considered quaint and attractive.

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Old world

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western hemisphere: the hemisphere that includes North America and South America

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New world

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someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay.

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Slave

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Indentured servitude was a form of debt bondage, established in the early years of the American colonies and else where

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Indentured servant

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Columbus: Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

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Christopher Columbus

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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico.

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Hernan Cortez

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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)

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Francisco Pizarro

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To divide trading and colonizing rights for all newly discovered lands of the world between Portugal and Spain to the exclusion of other European nations

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Treaty of Tordesillas

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The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations, communicable disease, technology and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres

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Columbian exchange

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a conqueror of one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

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Conquistador

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.

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Mercantilism

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an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.

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Capitalism

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an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars. It was effectively eradicated through vaccination by 1979.

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a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another.

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Triangular trade

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the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies

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Middle passage

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belonging to or associated with former times, esp. when considered quaint and attractive.

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western hemisphere: the hemisphere that includes North America and South America

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someone who is legally owned by another person and is forced to work for that person without pay.
Slave
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Indentured servitude was a form of debt bondage, established in the early years of the American colonies and else where
Indentured servant
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Columbus: Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)
Christopher Columbus
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Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico.
Hernan Cortez
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Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541)
Francisco Pizarro
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To divide trading and colonizing rights for all newly discovered lands of the world between Portugal and Spain to the exclusion of other European nations
Treaty of Tordesillas