Modern World History Chapter 3 Flashcards

53470754	conquistador	conqueror
53470755	immunity	resistance, usually to a disease
53470756	Hernan Cortes	Spanish conquistador who took over the Aztecs
53470757	Tenochtitlan	capital city of the Aztec empire
53470758	Malinche	Inidan woman who served as Cortes's translator and advisor
53470759	alliance	formal agreement betwen two or more nations
53470760	viceroy	represnetative who ruled one of Spain's provinces in the Americas in the king's name
53470761	encomiendas	the right to demand labor or tribute from Native Americans in a particular area
53470762	Bartolome de Las Casas	priest who condemned the evils of the encomiendo system
53470763	peon	worker forced to labor for a landlord in order to pay off a debt
53470764	peninsulares	members of the highest class in Spains's colonies in the Americas, people born in Spain
53470765	creoles	American-born decendants of Spanish settlers
53470766	mestizos	people of Native American and European descent
53470767	mulattoes	people of African and European descent
53470768	privateer	pirate that operated with the approval of European governements
53470769	New France	French claims in Canada
53470770	revenue	income
53470771	Pilgrims	English Protestants who rejected the Church of England
53470772	compact	an agreement among people
53470773	French and Indian war	war in 1754 between Britain and France
53470774	Treaty of Paris	treaty that officially ended Seven Year's war and ensured British dominance in North America
53470775	Olaudan Equiano	enslaved African who shared horrors of slave trade
53470776	triangular trade	colonial trade routes among Europe and its colonies, the West Indies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves
53470777	Middle Passage	leg of the triangular trade route on which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
53470778	mutiny	revolts during the Middle Passage
53470779	Columbian Exchange	global exchange of goods, ideas, plants, animals, and disease that beagn with Columbus' exploration of the Americas
53470780	inflation	rise in prices that is linked to a sharp increase in the amount of money availible
53470781	Price Revolution	period in European history when prices grew rapidly
53470782	captialism	economic system in which most businesses are owned privately
53470783	entrepreneurs	people who take on financial risk to make profits
53470784	mercantilism	economic policy aimed at strengthening national economy
53470785	guild	closed system of people who decided the standards of quality