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28 Cards in this Set
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a person who acts as a messenger or representative
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ambassador
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the control of the direction of a boat or a ship
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navigation
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something that can be bought or sold
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commodity
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an investor who provides a company with money
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investor
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occurring naturally in a region
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indigenous
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to sail completely around a landmass or Earth
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circumnavigate
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an economic system that stresses increasing national wealth by selling more to other nations than buying from them
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mercantilism
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the difference in value between a country's imports and its exports over a period
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balance of trade
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a governor of several countries or provinces who rules as the representative of a monarch
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viceroy
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a system in which spanish colonists were given land and Native Americans to care for, in return for the Native Americans labor or tribute
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encomienda
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a crop grown mainly to sell, not for personal use
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cash crop
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an economic system based on the investment of money in business for profit
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capitalism
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a person who puts money in a company, hoping to make a profit
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investor
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a group of investors who share both risk and profit
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joint-stock company
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a trading system involving a three-way exchange of goods and people amoung Europe, Africa, and the Americas
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triangluar trade
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the second leg of the triangluar trade route in which slaves were shipped across the Atlantic
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Middle Passage
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explorer who traveled to China and inspired Europeans to travel to Asia for goods
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Marco Polo
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instrument to measure the positions of stars and figure out latitude
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astrolabe
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set up school for explorers to study navigation
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Prince Henry
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crossed the Indian Ocean from East Africa to India
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Vasco da Gama
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mapmaker
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cartographer
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improved type of sailing ship in the 1400s
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caravel
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spanish conquerors
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conquistadors
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someone sent on a religious mission
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missionary
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exclusive control of a business or industry
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monopoly
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tax on goods imported into a country
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tariff
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first explorer to successfully sail around the world
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Ferdinand Magellan
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the interchange of plants, animals, and cultures between Europe and the New World
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The Columbian Exchange
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