World History Ch 6 Voc Flashcards
A Spanish conqueror of the Americas
Conquistadors
The extensive exchange of plants and animals between the old and new worlds
Colombian exchange
A system of labor the Spanish used in the Americas
Eco i.e. daughter
Movement of transport over the sea land beyond the sea
Overseas
A part of a whole divided into 100 parts
Percent
A settlement of people living in a new territory linked with the parent country by trade and direct government control
Colony
A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th Century
Mercantilism
The difference in value between what a nation imports
Balance of trade
Government payment to encourage or protect a certain economic activity
Subsidy
A large agricultural estate
Plantation
A pattern of trade that connected Europe, Africa and Asia and the American continents
Triangular trade
The journey of enslaved persons from Africa to the Americas
Middle passage
Means of travel from one place to another
Transportation
Most important
Primary
A person born on the Iberian peninsula
Peninsular