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Chapter 14 (AP World History) Flashcards

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8431979143Audienciasadvisory group who assisted the viceroy in governing Spanish territories in the New World0
8431981350CapitalMoney for investment1
8431984516ConquistadorsEarly-sixteenth-century Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru.2
8431987732Encomiendathe system in which conquistadors had forced natives to do work for them3
8431990796Joint-stock companyA company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits4
8431993824Mercantilismthe theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys5
8431995898Middle passagethe middle portion of the triangular trade that brought African slaves to the Americas6
8431997996Portolanidetailed charts made by medieval navigators and mathematicians in the 13th and 14th century7
8432000351Price revolutionThe period in European history during the 1500s when inflation rose rapidly8
8432000354Triangular tradeA system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa9
8432004691ViceroyA governor or ruler exercising authority on behalf of a sovereign in a province or colony10

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