Goes over the silver mining of the Spanish, sugar plantations of the Portugese, fur trade of the French and settlements of the English
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| 62010670 | ingots | created from melted silver and gold by the conquistadors | 0 | |
| 62010671 | silver | outweighed gold in quantity and value | 1 | |
| 62010672 | mita system | required each native village to send 1/7 of male population to work 4 months at Potosi doing dangerous mining. | 2 | |
| 62010673 | global economy | was affected by the Spanish mining of silver. Financed most of Europe and royalty. | 3 | |
| 62010674 | hacienda | Spanish estate where foodstuffs were produced and sold to neighboring villages. | 4 | |
| 62010675 | encomienda system | Spanish idea of overtaking a land and uses the resources however seen fit. Led to the abuse of the native people. | 5 | |
| 62010676 | rebellions | Common resistance to Spanish rule. Found in Mexico and Peru especially. | 6 | |
| 62010677 | African slaves | Used on Brazilian sugar plantations to provide labor. | 7 | |
| 62010678 | engenho | Portugese/ Brazilian sugar mill, which life revolved around in colonial times | 8 | |
| 62010679 | disease | one of the reasons Portugese turned to African labor instead of native peoples. | 9 | |
| 62010680 | fur trade | French livelihood which they traded with the natives | 10 | |
| 62010681 | Hudson Bay | main area where French fur trade occurred. | 11 | |
| 62010682 | indentured servants | source of labor for English settlers | 12 | |
| 62010683 | tobacco | Main cash crop for English settlers | 13 | |
| 62010684 | Christianity | Religion which Spanish missionaries tried to convert natives. Much conversion in Mexico and South America, but not so much in North America. | 14 |
