98627890 | cartographer | mapmaker | 0 | |
98627891 | astrolabe | instrument developed to determain latitude at sea | 1 | |
98627892 | caravel | combined squre sails and triangle sails | 2 | |
98627893 | circumnavigate | sail around the world | 3 | |
98627894 | conquistador | conqueror | 4 | |
98627895 | viceroy | representative who ruled in his name | 5 | |
98627896 | plantation | large estate run by an owner or the owners overseer | 6 | |
98627897 | ecomienda | the right to demand labor or tribute from native americans in particular area | 7 | |
98627898 | peon | workers forced to labor for a land lord in order to pay off dept. | 8 | |
98627899 | peninsular | people born in spain | 9 | |
98627900 | creole | american born desendents of spanish settlers | 10 | |
98627901 | mestizo | people of native american and eirpeoan desent | 11 | |
98627902 | multto | people of african and european desent | 12 | |
98627903 | inflation | increased prices for goods and services combined with the increased value of money | 13 | |
98627904 | capitalism | an economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit | 14 | |
98627905 | entrepreneur | enterprising merchants, organized, managed, and assumed the risk of doing business, hired workers and paid for raw materials, transport, and other costs of production | 15 | |
98627906 | joint stock company | allowed people to pool large amounts of capital needed for overseas ventures | 16 | |
98627907 | mercantilism | policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver | 17 | |
98627908 | tariff | taxes on imported goods | 18 |
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