15.1-16.5 vocab Flashcards

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